That is one way to read it, I was seeing it as more specific to the election issues, which I suppose we'd be free to do to them now, assuming they had open and fair elections and it mattered. I'm not savvy enough to know if it does nor not, thought I've gotten the strong impression that it does not.
So, Putin is claiming that because we don't proactively have a treaty (that the public is aware of) that it is ok to knowingly violate items that might have been covered by the treaty? Seems like a bad practice to me, seems if you think it is a bad idea, you shouldn't start by doing it to others.
I don't tell new people I meet, no kicking me in the shins, perhaps he does start his conversations with that.
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That is one way to read it, I was seeing it as more specific to the election issues, which I suppose we'd be free to do to them now, assuming they had open and fair elections and it mattered. I'm not savvy enough to know if it does nor not, thought I've gotten the strong impression that it does not.
So, Putin is claiming that because we don't proactively have a treaty (that the public is aware of) that it is ok to knowingly violate items that might have been covered by the treaty? Seems like a bad practice to me, seems if you think it is a bad idea, you shouldn't start by doing it to others. I don't tell new people I meet, no kicking me in the shins, perhaps he does start his conversations with that.