 US is ready for war with China over Taiwan. US Congress would authorize a direct military confrontation with China if Beijing launched an attack against Taiwan. House of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCall told Fox News. The Texas Republican representative was talking from Taipei during a three-day bipartisan delegation visit to the self-governing island. American lawmakers would consent to putting boots on the ground if people in the US support the measure, McCall said, without elaborating on how exactly such support would be measured. If Communist China invaded Taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by Congress and with the American people. He said, adding that, if the American people support this, the Congress will follow. However, McCall insisted that a conflict is always a last resort and described the US delegation's visit as a way to provide deterrence to China. US-Chinese relations have previously been strained by the visits of American delegations to Taiwan, which China considers an inalienable part of its sovereign territory. The representative also maintained that discussions about a potential use of force by America in the Indo-Pacific region serve as a deterrent for peace. Since you don't have NATO in the Pacific, doing otherwise would mean inviting aggression and war, McCall claimed. Another US senator, Lindsey Graham, has declared that he would support a formal defense alliance with Taiwan and would send US troops to fight a hypothetical Chinese invasion.