How serious are we about preventing forced reunification?
Who else would dependably do it?
Would the CCP call our bluff and see it happen?
We firebombed Dresden, Tokyo, etc. We nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We would have kept going as supplies of missiles material allowed until Japan surrendered or there was nothing left worth wasting incredibly valuable atomic bombs on. What good was sanity if it falls short of our policy goals?
OK then, that is that - you are certifiable.