“why does anyone on FR who claims to be conservative support this proxy war?”
Reasons I can see:
(1) Cold War Boomers— They hate Russia. They’ll hate Russia until they die. Like the WWII vets that hated Japan, the WWI vets that hated Germany, the Civil War vets that hated the Yanks/Rebs, the Revolutionary War Vets that hated the Tories...
(2) Their mail-order bride or online girl friend is Ukrainian.
(3) They or their family is ethnic Ukrainian
(4) They are invested in the military-industrial-complex and their earnings are up (to help compensate for the utter destruction the Biden regime is causing the rest of the economy).
(5) They are shills. Either paid for by the DC regime, a NATO government, or the regime in Ukraine.
(6) Expats. I’ve noticed that quite a few prominent Uke war fans don’t live in America. They are more concerned about some foreign entanglement than the invasion across our southern border. Why? Well, because they don’t live in America and are detached from what actual, REAL Americans (vs citizens of the world) are concerned about.
I can sympathize with 1-4. I can even understand 5 (everyone needs a job, and if the poster is Ukrainian, it might be the only way to avoid being sent to the front).
The expats (6) are the contemptible ones. They are the arrogant jerks who like to talk down to those who don’t support the war. We aren’t as well traveled and sophisticated to understand and it’s beneath them to expain it to the uncouth and vulgar. These are the globalist pricks.
What is more conservative than using up an inventory of old munitions to kill your enemy…but someone else will do it for you?
That’s about as capitalist as you get.
Yup I think you are correct on all counts.