Comment on How the US Hacked ISISparentComments−csomar5yI'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.−0823498723498725yUnless 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−monadic25yYea, Syria's a much better place now that those Russians have left.−dionian5ytheyre still there−monadic25yThat was the joke.
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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.
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
Yea, Syria's a much better place now that those Russians have left.
theyre still there
That was the joke.