>> I have this nagging feeling the US really wants a proxy war in Ukraine for whatever reason > For what reason? There's no upside for the US. No net upside p

>> I have this nagging feeling the US really wants a proxy war in Ukraine for whatever reason > For what reason? There's no upside for the US. No net upside probably, but there might be some small positives for the US. Here's an argument for one: "The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It's About Germany" https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/the-crisis-in-ukraine-is-not-about-ukraine-its-about-germany/ https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/the-crisis-in-ukraine-is-not-ab... You might justifiably disagree with almost all the suppositions in this article, but I think it is correct to say that the US does not want the Nord Stream II pipeline to become operational. If Russia invades, the US would have a good excuse to block the pipeline a part of the imposed sanctions. I doubt the US policy is as focused on achieving this as the article implies, but it would be an upside.