← Back to context Comment by mrabcx 1 day ago Even during president Obama. the US spied on Merkel's mobile phone. 2 comments mrabcx Reply adev_ 1 day ago > Even during president Obama. the US spied on Merkel's mobile phone.There is a huge gap between spying on someone phone and calling openly to invade a territory.Every country spies on each other for various reasons (industrial, geopolitics) even between allies.But I think we can agree that an ally by definition is not suppose to ring your door bell and say he wants to take your land against your will. qznc 21 hours ago And at the same time, Germany spied on Obama.
adev_ 1 day ago > Even during president Obama. the US spied on Merkel's mobile phone.There is a huge gap between spying on someone phone and calling openly to invade a territory.Every country spies on each other for various reasons (industrial, geopolitics) even between allies.But I think we can agree that an ally by definition is not suppose to ring your door bell and say he wants to take your land against your will.
> Even during president Obama. the US spied on Merkel's mobile phone.
There is a huge gap between spying on someone phone and calling openly to invade a territory.
Every country spies on each other for various reasons (industrial, geopolitics) even between allies.
But I think we can agree that an ally by definition is not suppose to ring your door bell and say he wants to take your land against your will.
And at the same time, Germany spied on Obama.