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Whataboutism would be to say it is okay for other countries to do it because the US is doing it. It is not whataboutism to say that neither should do it and that the US is getting away with it. Any criticism of the US seems to be met with accusations of whataboutism.

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You have incorrect understanding of what whataboutism is.

Whataboutism attempts to discredit position by charging them with hypocrisy.

That is not what is happening.

To understand their echo-chamber one needs to read the mentioned Wikipedia article.

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