Are we talking about war in the Far East/Pacific, or one in Africa?

Or are we talking about WWIII?

If the last, then why wouldn't Britain and France be involved? We have the "humanitarian interest" (although that has not been important to us before), we have historical ties, we have economic and political interests, and we have the interests of allies, all of which would tend to bring us in. OK, it would mean massive re-arming and conscription and so on, but there are even benefits to be had from that.

Besides, we haven't missed one yet.