[buwaya]

You are far more likely to see US kids dying in a China war.

There isn’t really going to be a man in the middle there. The Taiwanese and the Filipinos will do what they can, but it will be the USN and the USAF bearing the load from day 1.

[A strike]

I doubt it. China doesn't need to act near term, since the US is figuratively injecting fentanyl into itself and NATO all to hurt Russia (as the vampiressVicky devils scream).