In response to the declaration of a Chinese blockade of Taiwan, the US could announce a counter-blockade of China and quickly sever her trade ties and seize her overseas assets.
If necessary, after several months of preparation, the US could then break the blockade and send a naval relief force to Taiwan's aid. My surmise is that China would back down rather than risk a naval engagement.
A blockade of Taiwan would be difficult for the Chinese to sustain due to operational weaknesses in the Chinese military, lack of training, lack of spare parts, and massive corruption” . “
You have got to be kidding !
China has 10,000 times the resources of the Houthis who have successfully blockaded the Suez Canal for 6 months !
It is actually alarming to read this stuff from what is a reasonably well informed person. And I think this thinking is very representative of the conventional wisdom in Repub circles in Washington.
Which means the USA will continue to stumble to more foreign policy and military disasters which are orders of magnitude larger than Ukraine or the Afghanistan collapse.