László Bartus: Orbán is taking Hungary to war for Transcarpathia
Putin does not need Subcarpathia, and in exchange for Orbán’s support, he will gladly give it up.
“Poles and Slovaks, and recently the Russians, are increasingly mentioning that obvious Hungarian “waiting”that Transcarpathia will be transferred to Hungary in connection with the Russian attack on Ukraine. It is certain that Putin does not need Transcarpathia, and he is happy to give it up in exchange for Orbán’s support. Regarding the war, Orbán positioned himself in such a way as to maintain this option. And last week, the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper National Defense, Igor Korotchenko, said that »Orbán must make a military policy decision« From Transcarpathia.
If we only take into account that even today Orbán’s gang is threatening Hungarians with the fact that they are the left “would take me to war” Hungary, we can be sure that this is Orbán’s plan. It can be observed that they always accuse the opponent of what they are preparing to do. The psychological reasons for this can be easily deciphered. If they say the left would end utility cuts, they will end utility cuts. If they say that the left would take Hungary to war, then Orbán will take Hungary to war.
But this logic would not be enough to say that Orbán definitely wants to enter Transcarpathia, and this is our firm conviction. Orbán has been arming himself for quite some time, and this coincides with the alliance, which shows that Orbán is clearly an ally of Putin and not of the West. He represents the interests of the Russians in both NATO and the EU, up to the point of not being kicked out. Orbán never gave up on recovering the territories beyond the border, this is the legacy of his political predecessors and his own historical mission. Great Hungary.”
Opening image: Mandiner archive