That's what I hate about all these wars, some countries that have nothing to do with the situation are bragged into. My country send soldiers in the war in Iraq, without gaining something, only deaths. The Iraqi war was mostly for the oil, not for religion or nuclear threat, as I read. But yeah, as you say, Thomas, NKorea and USA are in a bad relationship. I don't think things are going to be brighten too soon there.
We can take the example of the war between Georgia and Russia, in August 2008, but that was more a local war. Don't you think that all these war threats and so predicts a bigger war that will happen in future/near future?