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"The United States, which I would not characterize as bad or cruel (that country is what it is, obsessed with the certainty about its exclusiveness and there is no way of reforming it), is sending its emissaries all over the world and persuading everybody to be against us," Lavrov said.
"That is true. But they have managed to persuade practically no one, except for the EU and some of its closest allies outside NATO and the European Union."
Lavrov said Russia by no means had the feeling it was all alone. "I cannot agree that everybody is against us, that everybody is trying to steer clear of us, that we have no partners with whom we can develop a constructive and decent agenda," Lavrov said. "The geographic scope of international contacts in Russia and outside it is a confirmation of that. And not just the geographic scope, but the content of the agreements we conclude."
Comment: Lavrov, or course, is entirely correct. The U.S. is a hypocritical government, one that acts as though it cares about human rights and freedoms, but through its actions, both overt and covert, it shows that what it really cares about is hegemony, power, and control. It will do whatever it takes to achieve those means, and they have to break international law to do it, well, the UN will have to live with it.