WWIII
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Time will tell.
I still don't see a scenario where things will be escalated to such a degree over N. Korea. Kim Jung Il has no plans for expansion, he is basically sending a message to the world - especially the US - that they can fuck off. Talk of sanctions against N Korea are simply ludicrous because the country has basically been self imposing them forever.
So the question is who gains what from the obliteration of N Korea? and that is where the east vs. west argument comes in and I can see your point of maybe things getting a bit hairy ... like afghanistan in the 80s, where the mentality is a land grab by the east - either Russia or China and a "we must stop the red menace from spreading on the map / we must protect our allies from the spread of communism" mentality from the West. But both the US and Russia have learned some hard lessons about this in the fairly recent past e.g. afghanistan and Vietnam.
So maybe it becomes something new like yet another conflict between China and Japan. But my view of it is there is simply not enough at stake in N Korea itself to draw the big players into conflict.
Or maybe Australia is a military powerhouse and they are itching to let loose on someone. Who knows.