Orbán: It is impossible to imagine that Russia would be defeated
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Ever since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Hungary’s position has been that there would be no winners, and that Russia could not be defeated, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday.
Orbán told public radio that Western contemplations about victory or defeat were actually a false dichotomy of the war.
He said Russia was hitting a wall because NATO was supplying Ukraine with weapons and money, and it only depended on Westerners and the Americans how much they would be willing to spend on the war. On the other side is Russia, a country with a population of 140 million, which is much larger than Ukraine and has the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, Orbán said.
“It is impossible to imagine that someone would be able to defeat a country with such nuclear power and Russia will not sit idly by, waiting to be defeated, it will not accept a military defeat,” he added. He said that one must be glad that “there is no war here” and that “we are strong enough to prevent getting dragged into the war”.
Meanwhile, the prime minister said the United States was running a pro-war campaign on Hungary’s territory. “That’s a story in and of itself, that another country can run a propaganda campaign in our country for an armed conflict,” he said.
But despite their efforts to drag Hungary into the conflict, “we won’t take part in this war,” Orbán said. “This is not our war, and we will do everything we can to make sure there is a ceasefire as soon as possible and that peace talks get under way, because there’s no other way to save tens or hundreds of thousands of lives.”
Orbán said tough weeks were ahead regarding the war. Ukraine’s expected counteroffensive is its last big chance, after which the situation will become clearer, and it will become obvious to many what kind of military options are left in the war, he said.
Orbán said the clearer situation after the offensive would open the door to more diplomatic action. The prime minister emphasised that “there are always various interests that latch onto a war,” whether it be arms deals, speculators or smugglers for whom such a conflict was a “gold mine”.
He said there were Western business circles, “with perhaps [US financier] George Soros at the forefront”, which had “always dreamed about somehow stepping into Ukraine — which they’ve successfully done — and gain access to Russia’s natural resources”.
Many want peace in Europe, but current politics and the US influence leaves no room for the voice of peace, Orbán said, adding that the entire liberal media was “pro-war”.
He said the Vatican was committed to using its strength, relations and influence to try to put an end to the bloodshed, “on which it is counting on us”. It must gather the players where the voice of peace is stronger and who are prepared to represent that on the international stage, he added.
Russia invaded Ukraine and the statement Orban makes is not that Russia is “pro war” but that the US is “pro war.” Orban just as in Orwell’s 1984 brings out the Jewish bogeyman Soros who takes the place of “Emmanuel Goldstein” as the cause of all problems who will profit from Ukraine. In Orban’s Hungary “ignorance is strength.” Orban forgets that Afghanistan defeated Russia. He invites us all to submit to Russian nuclear blackmail. He does not question the capacity of the Russian economy relative to the Western coalition supplying Ukraine nor does he question the morale of Russian conscripts fighting to kill the people who are supposed to be their Slavic “brothers” nor the incompetence of the Russian army fighting with equipment that breaks down due to the completely corrupt Russian system. Viktor Orban speaks for Russian interests and pushes the Kremlin narrative.
Concur – ABSOLUTELY with Larry.
Orban in the eyes of country’s that are DEMOCRACY, they continue to see “Right Through” – the “garb” of Orban.
We know who Orbans speech writer is and this is another example by following orders of his COMMRADES – driven by PROPAGANDA – signed off by the President of Russia – that Orban just follows the party line of the Kremlin.