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In reply to the discussion: Has U.S. Commited "ACT of WAR" against our Alies by Hacking into their systems to SPY? Pentagon: YES [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Isn't that the way it always goes?
The apologists say that everyone does it. Yet, when it happens to us, we get all bent out of shape. It's interesting that the apologists are so quick to defend our actions, and downplay it as business as usual, while we portray it as anything but business as usual when we find out we've been hacked or spied upon.
There is an old saying, the Golden Rule. Treat others as you would have them treat you. Perhaps we are being spied upon because we are so busy spying on everyone and anyone. We're so convinced that shadowy forces lurk in dark places that we don't bother to ask how much of it is institutional paranoia, and how much is real?
I mentioned before, that these kinds of programs would normally not result in a request for an explanation, they used to result in a demand for an acceptable answer, with a time limit. Ultimatums are what usually follows such actions. Wars have begun over such things. Look at our intelligence activity. Stuxnet, the intent to purposely harm computers of a foreign power. Hello, that is sabotage, and that is a cause for war historically speaking.
Spying on the offices of allies. Don't tell me everyone does it. If you can't trust your friends, friends who have sided with us time and time again through history, then you don't have any friends. Perhaps that is the first question you should ask yourself, why don't you have any friends?