Strike on North Korea

[Oberon]

You might be right, or it might be a case of 'better the devil you know', but the biggest problem with any regime change activity is the period of chaos at the end of the first regime and before the beginning of the second, not to mention the possibility of insurgent activity in the longer aftermath term.
When you throw nuclear weapons into this mix, it gets a whole lot nastier for North Korea and the nations around it. What's to stop Kim Jong-un from launching his nukes as the people storm his palace? We'd have to hope that the missile commanders aren't loyalists, and chances are, Kim has already thought of that and they're probably on the best pay (whatever that is) of the KPA.

Be careful what you wish for, that's all I'm saying.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Be careful what you wish for, that's all I'm saying.

I wish for a military victory by the US and it's allies including South Korea and Japan and a peaceful reunification of the North and the South as they are after all the same people with two different ideology's.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-h...ighting-begins

So what could be more dangerous? As South Korean and American forces move north, the Chinese would probably move south.
China’s military would also want to find nuclear weapons, stocks of chemical and biological agents, and ballistic missiles. Beijing, however, covets something even more important to China: paper.

The Chinese would need to secure North Korean archives, which will likely show their complicity in the Kim family’s weapons
programs and its horrific crimes.

This means China almost certainly would try to secure the capital of Pyongyang and weapons sites before South Korean and American forces did so.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I wish for a military victory by the US and it's allies including South Korea and Japan and a peaceful reunification of the North and the South as they are after all the same people with two different ideology's.

Have you ever heard of the short story 'The Monkeys Paw'?

The short story involves Mr. and Mrs. White and their adult son, Herbert. Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India, introduces them to a mummified monkey's paw. An old fakir placed a spell on the paw, that it would grant three wishes. The wishes are granted but always with hellish consequences as punishment for tampering with fate. Morris, having had a horrific experience using the paw, throws the monkey's paw into the fire but Mr. White retrieves it. Before leaving, Morris warns Mr. White that if he does use the paw, then it will be on his own head.
At Herbert's suggestion, Mr. White flippantly wishes for £200, which will enable him to make the final mortgage payment for his house, even though he believes he has everything he wants. The next day his son Herbert leaves for work at a local factory. Later that day, word comes to the White home that Herbert has been killed in a terrible machinery accident. Although the employer denies responsibility for the incident, the firm has decided to make a goodwill payment to the family of the deceased. The payment, of £200, exactly matches the amount Herbert suggested his father should wish for.

I'm sure you'll get your military victory, your £200...somehow...

Originally Posted by Platapus

That's a bit harsh. Britain is free to have any opinion the United States decides it should have.