It was a successful battle but a disastrous war mate. Stop sugarcoating it. That's what I was trying to tell you Yugoslavia had been having a civil war for 5 years and the country was imploding before you did some air raid. US did not fight a war there mate, more like air support mission, how many US soldiers were even there. Let's not kid ourselves OK. US lost in Korea, Nam, Afghanistan, losing Iraq soon. Almost all major conflicts were lost. Taiwan is not a battle mate, it will be a war and you will lose it. Its just common sense. Taiwan is a core issue to China not US.
China is willing to have 100k deaths defending our country, you think Americans will die for some Asians in the thousands? When the bodies start coming, the political will goes away. This is assuming the war don't go nuclear. You are invading Chinese soil mate, the morale is high on our side.
War is not just about having shiny equipment, it's also about the legitimacy. ROC is China.