SHOCK ! HORROR !!
Mrs Merkel, the dumpy German Chancellor, seems to have discovered that those friendly Americans from across the 'pond' aren't so friendly after all. In fact, it appears that they've been systematically bugging her telephone.
Unsurprisingly, Mrs Merkel is not happy about this and has been making some very pointed remarks about the supposed loss of trust that the revelations have caused. The extent of the American surveillance of foreign leaders is now a major question on the news wires and people are asking who else is being bugged.
The answer, of course, is EVERYONE. Mrs Merkel and her colleagues in the club reserved for heads of state and government are all being bugged by the Americans and are most probably all responsible for the bugging of most of their 'friends' too. 'Friendship' in the murky world of international politics is not what ordinary people understand the word to mean. From a government perspective, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' is about as close as any of them ever get to true 'friendship'.
We all know that the Americans are the most paranoid nation on earth and that they have the biggest and most sophisticated surveillance network; they habitually spy on anyone whom their paranoia sees as a potential threat to them, and that means they spy on almost everyone. America has one aim and one aim only - the protection of itself by any means deemed necessary and at any cost. Their is no room for international friendships in such a nation.
However, this is not to say that other countries don't do the same, though most simply don't have the resources or technical ability to carry out their espionage activities on the same scale as does the USA. The simple fact is that they're all at it, all of the time and they all know it; why we have a sudden upsurge of indignation from the Germans now is an open question.
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