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		csomar on Sept 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the US Hacked ISIS I'd say it was worth the cost. The US used to suck in civil warefare. But after the Syria civil war, they clearly have the upper hand vs. Russia.

aebtebeten on Sept 19, 2020 | [–]

Unless an explicit claim to hegemony is involved, when a party isn't part of the country involved, we normally don't say "civil" but instead "proxy" warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proxy_wars

monadic2 on Sept 19, 2020 | [–]

Yea, Syria's a much better place now that those Russians have left.

dionian on Sept 19, 2020 | [–]

theyre still there

monadic2 on Sept 20, 2020 | | [–]

That was the joke.

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