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Any irrationality on our part can and will be exploited using false flag attacks. A third party who is not a friend of either US or China would benefit perhaps from hacking Chinese infrastructure then use it to launch an attack on US infrastructure -- a false flag attack.

Same applies to lower level stuff. If there is say a hypothetical an irrational policy for mandatory arrest of anyone suspected of terrorism, one shouldn't be surprised that neighbors will start reporting each other over the color of fence or wrong type of shutters installed.