I do hope you’re right because a direct conflict between US and China would be cataclysmic for the whole world. I also agree that US military likely understands that this wouldn’t end well for them, but it seems that the political class in US is completely unhinged. There’s also little sign that their puppets administering the island learned all the wrong lessons going by these statements inews.co.uk/…/taiwan-learning-ukraine-china-attac…
I do think China will try to avoid a military confrontation, but there are red lines like putting missiles in Taiwan that would force China to act.