Childish it may have been, but how's this, instead?
It's pretty well proven that the US has been spying on Germany, and quite recently.
It's been pretty well proven that in years past - and possibly more recently - the US and GB have spied on each other.
I think it would be childish to believe that at this time in history any nation does not spy on its friends when it has the ability and the opportunity to do so.
Of course Israel spies on us. I expect that we spy on Israel.
Of course the US spies on Germany. I expect that Germany spies on us when they can.
I would be astonished - and not in any childish way - if the US and GB were not snooping around in each other's mail when opportunities arise.
The only question in any of this is how deeply, how aggressively and to what end. I expect Israel to be an aggressive and difficult ally. There is no surprise there for me. I accept their behavior as being part of the price we Americans pay for keeping a pitbull at the throats of the jihadists.
Pitbull no...lure, yes.
