Is Taiwan Worth It?

There has been a lot of debate over what is going to happen with the Taiwan question, whether China will invade, what the U.S. will do, etc.

I want to throw out a hypothetical here. Let's say China invades and overtakes Taiwan. What should be the United States' response? China has threatened on several occasions to use nuclear weapons if the U.S. were to get involved. Should the United States risk all-out war with China to protect Taiwan? Or should the U.S. just let China have Taiwan, and hope that will satisfy her?

My opinion is that losing Taiwan to China would be disastrous, and we should do whatever it takes to keep Taiwan out of Chinese hands. Taiwan has great economic reserves and technological capability (almost all of the world's microchips are made there), and would be a huge asset to China.

I see a parallel between this and the Munich accords. It may have seemed preferrable to give Czechoslovakia to Hitler to avoid all-out war, but in the end it only made him stronger and much more difficult to deal with later. It also led him to believe that he could be aggressive with no repercussions. I don't want to risk that happening with China.

I hope it doesn't come to this, but if it did, I think we should be ready to do what it takes.