D.C. War Game Maps Toll of a Future US-China War over Taiwan

>“The results are showing that under most — though not all — scenarios, Taiwan can repel an invasion,” ... “However, the cost will be very high to the Taiwanese infrastructure and economy and to US forces in the Pacific.”

>In 18 of the 22 rounds of the game played to this point, Chinese missiles sink a large part of the US and Japanese surface fleet and destroy “hundreds of aircraft on the ground,” ... “However, allied air and naval counterattacks hammer the exposed Chinese amphibious and surface fleet, eventually sinking about 150 ships.”

>“The reason for the high US losses is that the United States cannot conduct a systematic campaign to take down Chinese defenses before moving in close,” he said. “The United States must send forces to attack the Chinese fleet, especially the amphibious ships, before establishing air or maritime superiority,” he said. “To get a sense of the scale of the losses, in our last game iteration, the United States lost over 900 fighter/attack aircraft in a four-week conflict. That’s about half the Navy and Air Force inventory.”

Why is the US so schizophrenic over the question of the Republic of China??

The US must make its mind up whether the Republic of China is a province of the Peoples' Republic of China or not. The US says time and time again that it believes in the the 'One China Policy' then performs acts which demonstrate that it doesn't believe in the 'One China Policy'.

It's no wonder that most countries now believe that the US either lies deliberately, or it will eventually renege on whatever agreement it makes.

"Untrustworthy" is the word that most people now use about the US.