There's some truth in what you write. China, unlike say the middle east, constitutes larger risk for the US. Their preoccupation with taiwan is more focused and

There's some truth in what you write. China, unlike say the middle east, constitutes larger risk for the US. Their preoccupation with taiwan is more focused and narrow then the diffuse albeit incremental territory expansion by the grunt warfare of Russia. Nonetheless we must ask if only America would back Taiwan in war. I have tried to suss out Taiwanese preference. While it ebbs and flows I don't think they want the Chinese there. Like the Ukrainians, theirs is a fight of soul not of ideological conquest. China hasn't had their nose bloodied recently; the US has. Thats something. Who'd else would be in? And would it matter? I'm also not sure the Chinese are prepared for the isolation that'd result. Would it really be worth it? The Taiwanese would leave the island or be a permanent "domestic terrorist" force if China wins. But to rejoin the article, AI is but a tool for a goal they already made their mind up about.