However, the PRC military leadership must know that even a long-distance blockade could easily turn into a drawn-out and very bloody shooting war if ROC forces attempted to use counter-blockade measures, thus leading to an ever-increasing spiral of "graduated responses" until one side either backed down or won.
這樣的見解一般人早已耳熟能詳，然而，一旦中共策動遠程封鎖，台灣進而相應採取反封鎖，雙方你來我往，拚個你死我活，終將演變為一場耗時竭力的血腥殺戮。