I said Britain would be involved in any North Korean strike. It's pretty much official, I think:
Britain and Japan said on Thursday they would cooperate in countering the threat posed by North Korea, two days after it fired a missile over northern Japan, and will call on China to exert its leverage.
Prime Minister Theresa May, looking to strengthen relations with one of her closest allies ahead of Brexit, is visiting Japan as it responds to an increasing military threat.
Japan, not wanting to be nuked again, will surely work out a trade deal to have Britain at their side when the spumoni hits the fan:
Apart from security, May's trip has focused on trade and investment. She is keen to convince nervy investors that Britain's exit from the European Union will not make it a less attractive business partner.
British F-35s over North Korea will get that trade and investment, I bet.
Other members of the coalition exercised:
South Korean and Japanese jets joined exercises with two supersonic U.S. B-1B bombers above and near the Korean peninsula on Thursday, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, sharply raising tension.
The drills, involving four U.S. stealth F-35B jets as well as South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, came at the end of annual joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises focused mainly on computer simulations.
So South Korea, Japan, America, and Britain will be involved. I assume Australia will help. France might even participate.
Unless China does something to solve the North Korean nuclear problem to demonstrate they are truly a rising power.
If China can't even subdue their neighboring ally and has to let America lead a team to do the job, how can anyone take China seriously?
And if China won't do the job, America has no incentive to make trade deals that benefit China more than America.
China has until early 2018 to do the job, I'll guess (and that's purely a guess).
UPDATE: Oh, thank God! The world springs into action after North Korea's nuclear test:
The U.N. Security Council is holding its second emergency meeting in a week about North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the North's persistent weapons programs.
Perhaps we'll get an emergency statement of stern emergency disapproval!
