Talk:List of proxy wars

To Be Expanded

I've started the article and listed a few just to get the ball rolling. I've used the formatting from the List of civil wars. The article still needs alot of work. --2ltben 00:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about the 1939 Soviet-Japanese clash: Nomonhan or the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, nominally clashes between Mongolia & Manchukou Hugo999 11:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Iran Hostage Crisis

Does this belong in this list? The article says that the hostage-takers were considering taking the Soviet embassy but decided against it and doesn't mention any Soviet involvement in the crisis. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.105.64.207 (talk) 05:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I don't believe either Iran Hostage Crisis or Cuban Missile Crisis should be included in the list for the simple reason neither were wars. Davewild 17:37, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War? For the reason that Hezbollah can be considered a proxy of Iran and Syria? Fullerov 15:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I originally included it on the list for that reason, but it got pushed back into the Arab-Israeli conflict. --2ltben

In what way is the Iraq war a "proxy war"? A proxy war is when two foreign counties support two competing factions in a (usually) civil war. The US is actually sending its own people in; so is al-queda. Any thoughts?--Dudeman5685 (talk) 03:55, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Coalition are also involved in fighting against Shia Militias that can be considered proxies of Iran. That would be my guess. Fullerov (talk) 15:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American Revolutionary War

How was the American Revolutionary War a proxy war? Who were the proxies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.181.197.100 (talk) 21:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

arguably the American Revolutionaries were proxies of Britains enemy France. Fullerov (talk)

Can someone please explain the addition of the Cuban Revolution?

It can be convincingly argued that during the Cold War, Cuba's Marxist regime was a Soviet proxy, just as before 1959 Felgencio Batista was an American proxy dictator. But how was the Cuban Revolutionary War a proxy war? The 26th of July Movement (Fidel Castro's rebels) were not backed by any foreign government, nor where they openly communist either. Their membership and leadership contained a coalition of liberal nationalists, reformers, democrats, socialists and communists opposed to the dictatorship of Batista. It was only after a power struggle in the early 1960s that the communists came out on top.

Can somebody give an explanation, if not I think that the reference should be removed. Batista's forces were an American proxy for awhile, but by 1958 the United States had become unsympathetic to the highly corrupt tyrant, hence the arms embargo enacted against Batista's regime at a time when Castro's than non-communist rebels where gaining momentum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.105.238 (talk) 19:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia-Russia

I wonder whether the 2008 South Ossetia War can be added to this list. NerdyNSK (talk) 04:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Western World"

The phrase "Western World" in the "Post Cold War" is really not too clear. One would think it means ALL countries in the western world agree with these wars, however, this is not the case. Individual countries should be listed as with other cases. HuGo_87 (talk) 19:53, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]