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 Lebanon about to pop off.

We also have Kashmir and Nagorno-Karabakh 
 All relatively small compared to 100 years ago.  
 indeed. In a nuclear age, we can never really have a WW2 war. The escalation is almost instantaneous. 

So you'll instead have "X-back separatists" and other non-state actors doing things on behalf of nation states as to not "escalate".

Nord Stream is a case study. 
 Nuclear weapons do not exist.  
 attack Russia then 
 Asking the wrong person. I'm not a member of the ruling class.