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Putin Claims Russia Proposed a Cyber War Treaty In 2015 But the Obama Admin Ignored Them (qz.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Russian president Vladimir Putin (who denies any Russian part in the hacking) claims the Obama administration ignored a proposal in 2015 that might have avoided all of this. His administration suggested working out a cyber treaty with the US but was ignored by Obama officials, Putin told film director Oliver Stone in Showtime's four-part series broadcast this week. "A year and a half ago, in fall 2015, we made proposal to our American partners that we work through these issues and conclude a treaty on the rules of behavior in this sphere," he said in Stone's documentary The Putin Interviews. "The American side was silent, they didn't reply to us."
Actual moderates appreciate statements backed up by articles. Like this one, that highlights how donations to the Clinton Foundation was accompanied by approving a deal to cede control of uranium production to the Russians.
You know what else? I find it amazingly convenient that we go to war with Libya, Saudi Arabia's rival and enemy, after the house of Saud donates tens of millions to the Clinton Foundation over the course of a decade. Then she jokes about it. So yeah, maybe a warmonger is a fitting description.