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Re:1966 children about the future [video] by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:58AM (#21135879)
The Russians seem to have solved their Cold War problem by buying influence inside the US and UK - which was much cheaper than all-out nuclear destruction.

But they've also been upgrading their civil defence systems and nuclear stock while Nato has been distracted.

IMO the current situation in Europe is very much still a proxy war, but it's a proxy war promoting hard-right regime change within the member countries of the EU and the US rather than a proxy shooting war in another continent.

That's progress of a sort, and it definitely shows signs of more intelligent strategic thinking than the USSR managed. But it's still a political war against the EU's liberal democracies, and a culture war against liberalism in general.

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Re:1966 children about the future [video] by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @11:22AM (#21137432)
You're right there - it's a proxy war in the sense the old Anglo-Russia Great Game was. Though that style of strategic thinking goes long back in Tsarist Russian history.
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