“If the US does blunder into a shooting war the Chinese over Taiwan things will escalate in a very southernly direction immediately.”
If China keeps their hands off Taiwan there won’t be a war. If China invades or attempts to invade Taiwan it’s looking like the Japanese are going to intervene even if the US stays out of it. Which of course will force the US to get involved.
Drop every nuke we have on Beijing and every military installation in China. Obliterate the entire country.
As I said, immediate escalation in a very southernly direction. There is absolutely nothing west of Hawaii worth the US getting involved in potential nuclear confrontation with China over. I certainly remain skeptical about putting my grandchildren’s lives on the front line over a Chinese dispute between Chinese over exclusively Chinese matters that goes back at least a millennium, 10,000 miles away.