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That isn't a reason for the U.S. to be involved in another one 5,000 miles away in a country that is of no national security interest to us, while the Biden Administration is allowing an unending invasion on our southern border, and is destroying America from within.

Try to understand what I said here:

"Proxy wars have a tendency of becoming direct wars against those that wish to remain neutral."

There is a lot of truth to that and you can't just dismiss it or get around it.

We are involved around the world, and there is no way around it. Our national interests are not immediately evident, but, neutrality has a way of emboldening our enemies and aggressive countries. It's not a small world anymore and what happens overseas has an immediate consequence to us.

Ukraine is not one of our 50 states, but, it's very important if we are to continue to be a country with the freedoms we enjoy. Belligerent despots and tyrannical regimes want to destroy us, and they can begin towards that goal by making us insignificant in other parts of the world. If Ukraine lose, Russia wins, and so do China and Iran and many of our other enemies. Afghanistan was the trigger which indicated that we no longer wanted to be involved in a foreign war, and Russia read that pullout as the message they needed to go after some or more of their neighbors. Ukraine is just the beginning and nobody should doubt that they would not go after others in the region.

Neutrality and isolation no longer works. China and Russia have proved that we have to stay or get involved, no matter how distant or 'insignificant' a country might seem.

We tried not getting involved before WW1 and WW2. We almost got into the fight too late, and the A-bomb was kind of 'savior'. We can't just try to be neutral or isolated, since trouble has a way of seeking us out.

“Proxy wars have a tendency of becoming direct wars against those that wish to remain neutral.

There is a lot of truth to that and you can’t just dismiss it or get around it.”

Thank you. Appreciate your wisdom :)

"Proxy wars have a tendency of becoming direct wars against those that wish to remain neutral."

Can you provide the neutral countries that have had direct wars occur against them as a result of a proxy war the U.S. has been involved in against Russia.