[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

Erik Latranyi: [We are bullying Hungary into supporting Sweden’s entry into NATO.

Hungary should be free to choose if they support that or not.

The US is absolutely no different than the USSR in this matter while “pretending” to respect Hungary’s independence.]

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We completely respect Hungary’s independence. Short of Hungary’s direct participation in an attack against NATO countries, you won’t see NATO troops invading Hungary. To be honest, it’s not even clear why Hungary is in NATO. It doesn’t actually need to be. It doesn’t border any big aggressive states. The principal rationalization for Hungary’s alliance with Germany in the run-up to and during WWII, followed by a Cold War allied with Russia, is the reality that it faced a threat from Germany, and later, from Russia. Today’s situation is completely different. Of its non-NATO neighbors, Austria and Serbia are military non-entities, Ukraine isn’t expansionist, and pretty much spends all of its limited resources guarding against Russia. Why is Hungary in NATO? Maybe it would be better off neutral, much as Finland was, until recently.

[Erik Latranyi]

We completely respect Hungary’s independence.

Liar.

If the US respected Hungary's independence, they would not be using these tactics to expand NATO membership.

It was the US that allowed Hungary to join NATO. Now, because Hungary does not support the criminal Biden foreign policy of expanding NATO, it may not be able to buy the arms it needs to defend its borders.

Great military alliance on display!

NATO members were supposed to be equals in NATO decisions.

[Erik Latranyi]

FYI - much of the world sees no difference in Russia expanding its territory to NATO expanding its territory.

You only see it differently because you think we are the good buys and still hate a Russia that no longer exists.

We could have a strained, but working relationship with Russia if we did not have warmongers in leadership in this nation.

[SunkenCiv]

Nice job!