The 127E program from my reading of it seems to involve small US SOF team operating in foreign countries with the logistical/security support of the local government as directed by DOD mission planning. This doesn't sound like proxy warfare, its clandestine direct action warfare. The Tongo Tongo Ambush, appears to be a 127E program with bad outcomes for the US military.
Frankly I'd rather have US service members pulling triggers in pursuit of direct US goals, then another countries government acting on our behalf.
That all being said, and as Ahelwer pointed out the policies and missions that this type of tool are used for are often misguided, imperialistic and short sighted. The oversight chain is not clear to me either.
Thus far the citizenry of the US is happily ignorant of many aspect of US policy and actions.
vorpalhex|3 years ago
Special forces are often NOT in direct action - it's risky - and instead are training local forces as force multipliers. There are exceptions but frankly you don't send Spec Ops to mag dump a terrorist in a fish market.
wahnfrieden|3 years ago