> It is US warmongering ideology that tries to equate these concepts

Please don't engage in political battle here, including singling out a country for this kind of criticism. No matter how right you are or feel you are, it inevitably leads to geopolitical flamewar, which has happened here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

you clearly haven't been paying attention

remember when the US bugged EU leader's phones, including Merkel from 2002 to 2013?

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