The media uses the words “ally” and “proxy” in a propagandistic way. In reality US mideast “allies” are no less subordinate to the US and often more so than mainly Shiite “proxies” are to Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
Iran Plotted Wider War With Help of Its ProxiesDuring a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war’s costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew.www.nytimes.com