> Now that a single foreign company has gained the level of breakout popularity that had already been achieved by 20+ domestic companies, it's time for pearl clutching galore.
Well seeing as this other country is likely to be at war with either us or our allies soon, yes that is a pretty big deal.
If a country that we are likely to be at war with has significant influencer over our population, that is indeed a big deal.
> So I guess the lawmakers' concerns still aren't really about protecting Americans,
Of course it is about protecting Americans. It is about protecting Americans and our allies from the effects of an upcoming war between super powers.
That is very much a reasonable concern.
> We the People are set to lose.
No we don't. If an enemy country is less effectively able to wage war against us or our allies, that would be a win for our country. Us and our allies winning wars is better than us losing them.
China will start it when they invade our ally Taiwan.
It would also, almost certainly involve a pre-emptive strike from china onto american forces. This would be because China knows that the only way to have even a chance of success is to strike first against the USA.
Maybe a politician will be elected in Taiwan that China really doesn't like. Maybe the decades long, existing trends will continue towards the Taiwanese people no longer thinking themselves as having any sort of chinese identity. Or maybe Xi will simply try to distract the population from problems at home with a foolish hopeless war. There are a lot of possibilities!
> How long has the US or its allies been planning
They aren't planning on starting a war. If China doesn't invade Taiwan, there will be no war.
But yes, the USA would absolutely defend Taiwan from an invasion, and already gives Taiwan weapons to do so.
I hope that some of the politicians in china will eventually learn how foolish such an invasion will be. Or, perhaps, China will simply saber rattle and do nothing like it has been sabre rattling for decades.
China has enough problems as it is, but there is still a chance that they will go off the deep end and invade our allies.
If that happens though, the USA will absolutely defend against such an invasion though.
Well seeing as this other country is likely to be at war with either us or our allies soon, yes that is a pretty big deal.
If a country that we are likely to be at war with has significant influencer over our population, that is indeed a big deal.
> So I guess the lawmakers' concerns still aren't really about protecting Americans,
Of course it is about protecting Americans. It is about protecting Americans and our allies from the effects of an upcoming war between super powers.
That is very much a reasonable concern.
> We the People are set to lose.
No we don't. If an enemy country is less effectively able to wage war against us or our allies, that would be a win for our country. Us and our allies winning wars is better than us losing them.