We draw the line at military reality. The USN will be sunk before it gets close enough to defend Taiwan. This is what repeated wargames show.
This is not Okinawa 1945, where we could anchor vast fleets just offshore, while fending off kamikazes.
See above. I predict the CCP will gradually enforce a blockade. Invading Okinawa, 20X as big as Okinawa, would not be a cakewalk.
Typo above, invading TAIWAN