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I think, in the beginning, the North Koreans would give us a hell of a fight, in the long run they cannot hang. They would not have the Soviets and Red China to completely back them again. If Red China stays out of it, I think that war could be over fairly quickly. The Reds would invade and fire on South Korea of course. So that has to be taken into account. Seoul is very close to the DMZ and I am sure the Reds have it zeroed in for target practice if an attack came at them. They probably have tons of missiles and artillery aimed at the DMZ and Seoul.

About the UK & the others going after Iran-it really depends on what the intentions are.Is it just to send them a message to back off from their N-programme?? or to take out the regime itself??Sorry to be blunt,but without the US,both those options would be impossible.A lot of folks don't realise the consistent degrdation of the UK armed forces over the last decade.They are shaving off a large chunk of their surface fleet,axing among other items,the Type-22 & Type-23 class frigates.The Royal Navy's Sea Harriers are being retired along with the SeaDart missile,which in theory leaves them dependent on the USN for air cover.Their entire force of Jaguar strike jets & a bunch of Tornadoes are also on the chopping block.The same goes for some squadrons of Challenger tanks.Only their submarines can fire Tomahawks & that too by compromising it's ASW/ASUW capability(as they fire the Tomahawk from the Torpedo tubes).The RN surface fleet will be vulnerable to Iranian anti-ship missiles,which they have purchased in tonnes from the CIS & the PRC.Even if the Royal Army is assisted by the French & Germans,a land invasion of Iran,will be terribly difficult.About the Poles,Australians etc-no offense,but without the US around,most folks don't look as intimidating as they do now.Besides,the primary movers for a diplomatic solution to Iran are the Brits,French & Germans.Britain has pretty much stated it's opposition to any military action on Iran.Their armed forces are just too stretched & lacking in overall punch to participate .That will only change by around 2010 when they reorganise their services & induct new systems like the JSF,Eurofighter Tranche2 & 2 new carriers.