What will the US do if Taiwan is attacked by China?

Why would and how could possibly China attack itself?

Nothing. I'm sure they will unleash another virus to control their people.

There may not be much we can do militarily. But if China were allowed to get away with annexing Taiwan what will stop them from other aggressive military ventures in the region?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/china-s-growing-firepower-casts-doubt-whether-u-s-could-n1262148

I would alert General Tso......

inquirer wrote:

What say you LRC experts?

Our current leader has zero ties to or personal interests with China. The Orange man is gone. Stop with the media rhetoric. Taiwan will be fine.

Considering the Obama administration barely wagged their finger when Russia took Crimea I don't see Joe having the stones to stand up to a despot.

Joe's more of a "lets go fight in a 3rd world country most Americans think about never" kind of guy.

But I think the Taiwan threat is real and if China invades them it would likely signal China is completely in control of Asia. History tends to repeat itself. Germany started it's serious aggression shortly after they hosted the Olympics. Russia invaded Ukraine after they hosted Sochi. Would not be surprising to see China use the 2022 Olympics as some kind of opportunity to launch an invasion of Taiwan.

What would China do if Hawaii is attacked by the US?

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

Germany started it's serious aggression shortly after they hosted the Olympics. Russia invaded Ukraine after they hosted Sochi. Would not be surprising to see China use the 2022 Olympics as some kind of opportunity to launch an invasion of Taiwan.

Mexico launched its invasion of the United States shortly after hosting the 1968 Games.

Fan, meet Sh!t.

Much of the world's semiconductor foundries are based in Taiwan. The island is a strategic economic asset.

Nothing really.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

Considering the Obama administration barely wagged their finger when Russia took Crimea I don't see Joe having the stones to stand up to a despot.

Joe's more of a "lets go fight in a 3rd world country most Americans think about never" kind of guy.

But I think the Taiwan threat is real and if China invades them it would likely signal China is completely in control of Asia. History tends to repeat itself. Germany started it's serious aggression shortly after they hosted the Olympics. Russia invaded Ukraine after they hosted Sochi. Would not be surprising to see China use the 2022 Olympics as some kind of opportunity to launch an invasion of Taiwan.

It’s called using nationalism to push an agenda.

Putin’s Olympics, among many other things, his state sponsored PED usage led to medals and chest pumping of the general Russian population which provided an opportunity for Putin to seize by crafting Crimea as a villain and have the majority of the Russian population side with his invasion.

China might try a similar tactic. However, I can’t imagine too many Chinese medals at a Winter Olympics unless several northern hemisphere countries boycott over the litany of Chinese aggressions, human rights violations, knowingly inflicting the world with the Wuhan virus, steeling, extortion, lies - the list goes on. If that were to happen Xi and propaganda machine could blame the West, whip-up a frenzy amongst the populous and seek revenge/save face by invading Taiwan.

No this scenario isn’t that far fetched.

Simple. Trade embargo.

Sure, many in the U.S. and EU would be hurt, but the situation would be far worse in China. It wouldn't take long for there to be 200-300 million suddenly unemployed people. I think Chinese leadership fears them more than any weapon the U.S. could deploy.

As my username implies, that would concern me quite a lot.

FWIW, no one here seems concerned. It's definitely not headline news. These types of news stories have appeared in the English-language press every few years for the 30 years I've lived year. At some point they may be accurate and I'll be SOL.

If the Treaty says we have to come to the aid of Taiwan, that is what we would do, The Chinese Military is no match for the USA's Military and they know it China probably has the 2nd most powerful Military and Russia the 3rd, but there is a Gigantic Gap between 1 and 2, And remember if there is a HUGE WAR as a War with China Would be, a Draft would go into immediate affect (Not that we need a Draft, as we know from History When America gets in a HUGE WAR The Military Recruiting Stations have endless lines of Patriots willing to fight for the good ol USA as happened after Pearl Harbor) Basically we have 330 MILLION Willing and ready to fight (And even the Ones not able will try to get in, The Captain America story is based on someone (Steve Rogers)not qualified to join who kept trying and he finally made it by volunteering for the Super Soldier Program, Of Course that is a fictional story, but it is a fact many underage and overage tried to lie about their age to get in as did many not Physically or Mentally able, but we might need everyone if enough people die, but we would win, if for no other reason we are most willing to sacrifice for our Country.

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With China Joe in charge, absolutely nothing. He'd probably even get a bonus.

there is no way we would fight to reclaim a taiwan that has already been invaded. we need to build a network of sea mines, anti-aircraft missiles, and long range missiles based on korea, japan, and on submarines that would make it impossible for china to ever get boots on the ground.

duck sauce wrote:

there is no way we would fight to reclaim a taiwan that has already been invaded. we need to build a network of sea mines, anti-aircraft missiles, and long range missiles based on korea, japan, and on submarines that would make it impossible for china to ever get boots on the ground.

and game out how us, japan, korea, and australia could impose a trade embargo that kept china unable to import or export anything into the pacific