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Re:Europe Can No Longer Ignore That It's Under Russian Attack by general1465 on Friday October 03, 2025 @10:57AM (#45463717)
So USA was fighting USSR by supplying weapons to Afghanistan?

USSR was fighting USA by supplying weapons to Korea and Vietnam?

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Re:Europe Can No Longer Ignore That It's Under Russian Attack by GeoAtreides on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:22PM (#45464677)
I mean, I completely and utterly disagree with js8, but yeah, the wars you mentioned were called proxy wars between USSR and US, in the larger context of the Cold War
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Re:Europe Can No Longer Ignore That It's Under Russian Attack by _DeadFred_ on Friday October 03, 2025 @01:34PM (#45465471)
Wasn't Russia paying a bounty for American soldiers in Afghanistan? That seems more like 'at war with' than providing arms.
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