They absolutely did. We are at war with china, whether we admit it or not. Regardless of whether the china virus was an escapee from a biolab or bat juice, the actions the chinese took immediately after it was out in the wild were those of a hostile nation wielding it as a bioweapon. Xi even boasted that America would drown in a sea of coronavirus. I mean, how much more of a hint does one need?
We are at war. With china. Kill them all.
The Chinese play the long game.
It would be far easier and cheaper for them to BUY the next president and a substantial quantity of congress critters ( I am sure they own a LOT already). Then bring back Obama type military “reforms” slash their budgets, moth ball ships/ Planes and tanks.
Then completely demoralize the armed forces with Diversity, Inclusion, ridiculous policing deployments without goals or resolutions. Get the motivated fighting people to quit and promote angry gender studies PHDs to the leadership, Pentagon and JCOS positions.
THEN attack.