Posted on 12/28/2022 8:30:02 AM PST by SoConPubbie
In a speech last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán revealed that hundreds of ethnic Hungarians have died in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
During the speech, Orbán stated “We should not get involved in this war no matter what….because in our neighboring country many Hungarians live.“
He added that “Everyday people are dying. Hundreds of Hungarians have also died… those that the Ukrainian army has conscripted.”
According to the Washington Post, there are 2 million Hungarians living abroad, with roughly 130,000 of them living in Ukraine. They’re specifically concentrated in the Zakarpattia Oblast in the Transcarpathia region.
Hungary has maintained a relatively level-headed response to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. It initially condemned Russia’s invasion but has maintained a steadfast position against sanctioning Russia’s energy industry.
There have even been rumors of Ukraine potentially annexing territory from Hungary, especially in Transcarpathia. With Ukraine potentially being partitioned, there’s a chance that Hungary could stake its claim to areas populated by significant amounts of ethnic Hungarians. After all, Orbán’s government is nationalist in nature and strives to fight for the interests of Hungarians both domestically and abroad.
The economic angle is crucial given the country’s reliance on Russian energy. Due to Europe’s enthusiastic support for sanctions against Russia, a massive energy crisis has kicked off that’s reducing the overall standard of living.
That’s what happens when countries are consumed by total fanaticism.
Europe and the US would do well to follow Hungary’s balanced approach to geopolitics.
In before accusations of Russian propaganda.
they live in UKR...
“Hungary has maintained a relatively level-headed response to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.”
That won’t go over well with some here, but to translate it to English, what he’s saying is that Orban doesn’t want WW3.
Orban is right.
Certainly, if you are going to live in a country, you have a moral obligation to be willing to fight for it if it is invaded by foreigners.
I understand that Hungary gets almost all of its energy from Russia, and needs to avoid a pro-Ukraine policy. But Viktor Orban would do himself a favor by keeping his mouth more shut. Lately, he comes across as a Putinista. Maybe it’s cognitive dissonance? Hungary must be friendly to Russia, so Orban is doing his best to justify Hungary’s moral cowardice in his own mind.
If his buddy Putin hadn’t attacked Ukraine, they wouldn’t have died.
Seriously?
So you don’t think you are obligated to defend the country you live in if it is invaded by foreigners?
What are you, some kind of hippie?
What does it matter Now the Russians or hightailing it back to Moscow in their skivvies
Utterly annihilated
Neoconned scum is ALWAYS willing to say “Let’s you and him fight!!”.
I don’t see those flooding across our Southern border fighting for us because they don’t feel they are one of us. They’d just return over the border until the conflict ended and then, if safe, come back into the US.
Doing China’s bidding, because that’s what they want. A weakened West and a weakened Russia. And Putin doesn’t even understand this.
They are getting sick and tired of this sh*t in that region.
The USA is getting the blame for the whole dam thing.
No, NATO is growing because that region is getting even more terrified of Russia.
it means they are citizens of UKR and being Hungarian has nothing to do with it...
Author Jose Nino has lost all credibility with that statement.
The problem is your family’s country may have changed even though you haven’t moved.
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