Lavrov Decries US Actions: 'Pot, Meet Kettle,' Says Entire World
Lavrov's condemnation of alleged US attempts to topple Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and threaten Iran was presented as a straightforward foreign policy statement by Al-Monitor. Yet, this conveniently omits Moscow's own storied history of 'fragmenting the international system'—from Hungary in '56 to Czechoslovakia in '68, Afghanistan from '79, and more recently, Georgia in 2008 and the ongoing
full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022. The U.S. might be smashing global norms, but Russia perfected the sledgehammer long ago. One might wonder if Lavrov's critique comes with a mirror attachment, given Russia's consistent backing of regimes like Syria's Assad, which has systematically massacred its own population, or its documented interference in numerous international elections. The pot
calling the kettle black usually implies one still sees the color; here, it seems both are simply shouting past each other while the world endures their mutual hypocrisy.