True, but there was a big to-do about US spying on German officials a little while back. If it was that horrible and offensive for us to spy on the German government, it&#x27;s also just as horrible and offensive for us to spy on the Israeli government.<p>(My personal view is that the US should definitely spy on every government in the world, and they&#x27;re welcome to try to spy on us if they want, because it&#x27;s dumb to pretend that it&#x27;s not going to happen and then pitch a fit when what everyone knew was happening is revealed to be happening. But under that policy it&#x27;s not better or worse to target Germany as opposed to Israel.)