🧩 BND Motif Index · M224
Proxy warfare
A war is fought by smaller sides that rival powers arm and fund, and each strike is told as a move between the patrons behind them.
- 10claims filed under it
- 2left shows it came up on
- 6center shows it came up on
- 1right show it came up on
- 4claims retold online
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
⤵️ under it: 🧩 Off the leash
🔗 goes with: 🧩 Lusitania 🧩 Shadow war 🧩 The war is escalating
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
⚖️ center 6
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ Breaking Points 🎙️ Reuters World News 🎙️ The Intelligence (Economist) 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 🎙️ WSJ What's News
🐘 right 1
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
📰 In the news
the stories its claims were told about, the most told first (matched by our tools, so a link can be wrong)
- 📰 Houthis attack Saudi oil facility near Riyadh 2026-10-04 to 2026-10-05
- 📰 Houthi missiles strike Yemeni presidential palace, killing two 2026-10-04 to 2026-10-17
- 📰 Melania Trump brokers localized ceasefire in occupied Ukrainian city 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-26
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-26 “The war in Ukraine is a failed NATO proxy war caused by NATO expansion and Western betrayal.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-24 “U.S. leadership used Ukraine as a pawn in a proxy war to weaken Russia.”
🎙️ Breaking Points 🎙️ The Tim Dillon Show - 2026-10-22 “Ukraine is a fake or puppet state controlled by Zionists and the US to serve Western interests against Russia.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-12 “The Houthis' military capabilities have improved due to Iranian support.”
🎙️ The Intelligence (Economist) - 2026-10-12 “The Houthis have developed independent military capabilities beyond the initial help provided by Iran.”
🎙️ Reuters World News - 2026-10-08 “The Houthis have launched attacks on Saudi ships, particularly those transporting crude oil.”
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 🎙️ WSJ What's News 🎙️ PBD Podcast (podcast) - 2026-10-07 “Houthis have launched missile attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, including Aden International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-06 “The Houthis are targeting Saudi oil sites and airports with missiles and drones.”
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 🎙️ WSJ What's News 🎙️ PBD Podcast (podcast) - 2026-10-06 “The Houthis are making major territorial gains.”
🎙️ The Kyle Kulinski Show 🎙️ The MeidasTouch Podcast 🎙️ Reuters World News - 2026-10-05 “Yemen's government is launching a major military offensive to retake territory from the Iran-backed Houthis.” 🧶 people online
M224 · first seen 2026-10-05 · last 2026-10-26 · what this is · how the index works