Tit for Tat

Seems like the kettle is now calling the pot black. People don't like being chastised by hypocrites.

President Vladimir Putin took a swipe at the United States in his state of the nation address Wednesday, bristling at being lectured by Vice President Dick Cheney and comparing Washington to a wolf who “eats without listening.” He also suggested that Washington puts its political interests above the democratic ideals it claims to cherish.

“Where is all this pathos about protecting human rights and democracy when it comes to the need to pursue their own interests? Here, it seems, everything is allowed, there are no restrictions whatsoever,” Putin said, smiling sarcastically in the address to both houses of parliament.

“We are aware what is going on in the world,” he said. “Comrade wolf knows whom to eat, he eats without listening, and he's clearly not going to listen to anyone.''

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