[someperson]

Well the United States illegally invaded Iraq in 2003 without UN approval (with the pretense that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, which turned out to be false), and managed to get the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia and Poland along for the illegal ride.

Taiwan has a vibrant democracy and is highly regarded internationally. If China invades Taiwan, the resulting coalition will look more like the 2001 invasion of Afganistan in Operation Enduring Freedom [1], with United States and other NATO members attacking military assets on China's mainland to neutralize the invasion.

The risk of even a small scale nuclear exchange is huge, and so is the risk it will escalate into a Third World War with billions dead.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participants_in_Operation_Endu...

[trixie_]

Not sure if you realize that 'Operation Enduring Freedom' is regarded to as a joke. A '40 country coalition' to invade two countries with no means of protecting themselves. It was like stepping on an anthill.

I can't comprehend how you wrote this sentence, 'attacking military assets on China's mainland to neutralize the invasion' What galaxy do you live in where you think this would ever happen?