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RockRaven

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4. Antagonistic countries often use proxies, such as mercenaries, too. It's not always clear who

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Thu May 13, 2021, 01:00 PM

May 2021

is ultimately behind an action or what their motive was. Not in the moment anyway.

If an antagonistic country is confident in their obfuscation, they can use parties who appear to be thieves to cause real damage with a decreased expectation of retaliation.

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