Prefer's got nothing to do with it, though it may very well end up not being remotely classic.
But a war between city-states? Fuhgeddaboudit.
It's hilarious these yo-yos think they can dictate how the war will be fought... Yes, the West will kowtow to our every whim, in all things, even in war, because they are dhimmis, infidels, sons of pigs and monkeys, and we are their rightful overlords.
Hope I live to see it.
So far, they pretty much have, and that includes the Islamic wars with the U.S.