"FOK and the Stickmen decided to turn Polar's initial ill-judged attack into a global war"
How exactly was it FOK and stickmen's decision to make it a global war? They only attacked NpO...
It was a large war that included SF, Citadel, BLEU remnants and Hegemony but the moment when it could be classed as a 'global' war would of been when C&G and TOP/IRON got involved, meaning TOP and IRON decided to make it a global war.
That is ofcourse, unless 'global' now means 4 alliances.