If the US had comparable open models as the chinese ones, I would love to see more investment into them. But instead our government is operating a lot more in line with how individuals who stand to profit from the private frontier models would operate...
Personally, I agree. Still, it's not surprising that the government is choosing the safer option to itself. On itself, it's quite reasonable.
I believe most people complaining about this decision are really just have grievances towards the state of US AI companies rather than the decision itself.