What I meant is to start a conflict (intentional or unintentionally) to get US military involved. Just watch the local news commentors there. It is definitely been constantly discussed.
I understand your point. But ambiguity has deterred a formal Taiwan president from declaring independence. "Aggression" may not be the right choice of word, but this is what I meant, "the leash is gone" in the original post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/12/11/t...
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-russia-ukrain...