> this isn't about any naughtyness competition But it absolutely is. Whataboutism is an illogical thing if you're judging actions of some actor on some abstrac

> this isn't about any naughtyness competition But it absolutely is. Whataboutism is an illogical thing if you're judging actions of some actor on some abstract moral scale, this is true. But that's not the conversation here here, as we're talking not about ethic, but about public perception and rationality of offensive actions. And in this game, the context of actions of adversaries matters a great deal: if your opponents do something much worse, smaller on your behalf are expected to draw much less scrutiny and therefore, become much "cheaper".