IMHO....GWB is playing this really coolheaded.. as Patton said, "give me 30 days and I'll be at war with them bastards and make it look like they started it"...
GWB sent a reminder that SK and Japan are covered by the US umbrella..
Japan stops NK ship, Lil 'IL gets pi$$ed off and attacks a Japanese asset... then we blow the $hit out of 'em
See they started it