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The Brush Wars were a series of conflicts that took place in the mid twentith century on Earth and were characterized by two superpowers aiding and assisting lesser nations in thier conflict with eachother. The Brush Wars went on "bloody year after bloody year" according to one 23rd century observer.

In 2268, Captain James T. Kirk compared the Brush Wars with the conflict on the planet Neural, stating that the situation of supplying rifles to both sides in a civil war, countering interference by the Klingon Empire, was very similar to the situation which had developed on 20th century Earth. Kirk further stated that the results of giving one side enormously superior weapons would result in destruction on a planetary scale (TOS: "A Private Little War").

The Brush Wars were obviously intended to be the Vietnam War, whose justification was the underlying theme of the entire episode.