"Plenty of proxy wars initiated by 'major players'.Yep, but they...

"Plenty of proxy wars initiated by 'major players'.

Yep, but they are generally at a regional level and don't involve the major players directly fighting each other.

Smaller regional conflict involving proxies is preferable to superpowers directly fighting each other in a World War.

No conflict at all is obviously preferable, but human history tells us that's unrealistic.

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