Topic: Ukraine Proxy War

Following the domestic resistance to the Vietnam War, U.S. planners shifted toward a strategy of proxy warfare to avoid the political fallout of a military draft. This involved mobilizing groups like the Wahhabi jihadists in Afghanistan and later supporting forces in Ukraine and Israel. The goal is to field armies "willing to fight to the last man" of their own country to achieve U.S. geopolitical objectives without American casualties.

U.S. lawmakers, including Congressman Nathaniel Moran, have begun describing the war in Ukraine as a proxy conflict between the United States and China. Rhetoric from Washington suggests that failing to stop Russian imperialism in Ukraine will lead to a "domino effect" involving an "axis of evil" comprised of Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran. Critics compare this escalation of language to the justifications used during the early stages of the Vietnam War.

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter provides an analysis of Russia's military objectives in Ukraine, which he defines as "denazification" and "demilitarization." Ritter argues that the Ukrainian military has become a de facto proxy of NATO, trained for seven years to be interoperable with Western forces. He suggests that Russia's goal is to dismantle this NATO-aligned infrastructure, either through surrender or direct combat.

CNN issued an apology after a news banner mistakenly referred to Ukrainian forces as "pro-US troops" during a segment on whether President Obama would send arms to the region. This slip is characterized as an accidental admission of the true nature of the conflict in Ukraine, which involves a government heavily influenced by Western interests and finance ministers.