[coliveira]

You can say this about any US policy, until it is officially announced. It turns out that the US gov has made all the moves to weaponize Taiwan and make it the center of a war against China, so what is the surprise that they will bomb Taiwan if needed?

[BlueTemplar]

Isn't Taiwan planning to bomb itself if China invades ?

[martin8412]

Because of the geography of Taiwan, the idea is to turn Taiwan into a porcupine. Make it prohibitively expensive and deadly to try and invade. Taiwan armed to the teeth with modern American weaponry will go a long way to accomplish that.