PR. when Japan sends a fleet to Pearl Harbor and bombs us, we know who it was, the crowds ('people') get mad, and we bomb them back. When Chinese hackers target

PR. when Japan sends a fleet to Pearl Harbor and bombs us, we know who it was, the crowds ('people') get mad, and we bomb them back. When Chinese hackers target american corporations, there is not nearly so much transparency as to who is behind it (govt sponsored? independent parties? terrorists? businesses?), and the crowds aren't that mad. You can't go starting real-life wars, with killing people and such and the economic consequences thereof, without support of the crowds. Of course if Chinese hackers shut down our utilities/communications, that's certainly a real-life attack, and it will be easier to convince the crowds that we know a enemy government is responsible.