Large proxy war in the 1980's

Could there be a proxy war similar to the korea or vietnam war in the 80s. Where would the war most likely be fought? President Regan's plan/Reaction? Keep in mind this is Pro communist vs. Pro capitalist forces. Pardon my teribile English.:D
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You could have the Iran-Iraq War get out of hand. As it was, you had a war between two regional powers that lasted nearly eight years and killed over a million people.
 
Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and Angola were each pretty serious proxy wars though the Sandinista-Contra conflict was really a case of US proxies vs a local movement that was too pink for Reagan than US vs USSR. Iran-Iraq got pretty bloody but the support from the superpowers, each for their own reason, both went to Iraq preventing any possible proxy war in the sense of both sides being a Cold War Superpower stand-in.
 
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