> This issue lies directly on China and no one else. If I had a say in Taiwan, I would announce it is now a independent Country. Then you have war, and China a

> This issue lies directly on China and no one else. If I had a say in Taiwan, I would announce it is now a independent Country. Then you have war, and China attacks Taiwan and probably conquers it. What did your announcement gain? I believe pretty much every recent US wargame about Taiwan has ended in a US loss, and the US military has only recently started to reconfigure itself to fight great-power wars again and it is far from done. Also, the US has already emptied its existing stockpiles to help Ukraine, and the logistics to get war material to Taiwan are much more challenging. China also gets to learn from Russia's mistakes, and it would also be foolish to assume China will be as incompetent as Russia proved to be. Basically, such an announcement would be a "Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200," move on Taiwan's part.