Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto
This whole Taiwan situation is really unstable, and I think it could very well eventually lead to a nuclear exchange between China and the US, if China decides to assert its claim to the island militarily and the US counter-attacks. Taiwan is a very strategic island, economically, and I don't think the US would let China have it without a fight. How much would the US be able to help Israel then?

I'm not saying that the US would let China have Tawian without a fight, just that we will always help out Isreael should the need arise. Isreral is kind of like a military outpost of the US, and we're more than willing to conduct simultaneous military operations should the need arise, especially when it involves the Middle East (oil). And should China attack the US with a nuclear arsenal, and if other muslim countries began attacking Isreal at the same time for whatever reason (a lot of ifs in your doomday scenario), and we drop a couple of our own nuclear bombs on China in retaliation (we still have a bigger nuclear arsenal with more destructive weapons), who is to say we wouldnt drop more on other countries if Israel actually needs help? Of course, if the American Empire becomes a nuclear wastland, then there wont be a "we" to help out Israel, then I see your point.