Peter Buda
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International & Applied History | Fmr CI-Officer |
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If one of the warring parties supports you, it's because you're on its side.
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
If one of the warring parties supports you, it's because you're on its side.
So, if the aggressor agrees with Hungary’s MAF description of EU as “pro-war”, it makes it pretty clear what the MAF actually means by that: supporting the war AGAINST the aggressor—in other words, supporting self-defence. If Russia is backing Hungary here, it's only because Hungary is backing them.
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
So, if the aggressor agrees with Hungary’s MAF description of EU as “pro-war”, it makes it pretty clear what the MAF actually means by that: supporting the war AGAINST the aggressor—in other words, supporting self-defence. If Russia is backing Hungary here, it's only because Hungary is backing them.
Pope Francis, May 3, 2022:
"Orbán, when I met with him, said that the Russians have a plan, and that everything will be over by May 9 [2022]."
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Pope Francis, May 3, 2022:
"Orbán, when I met with him, said that the Russians have a plan, and that everything will be over by May 9 [2022]."
In fact, the opposite of what Vance says is true.
Churchill's account of the decision made with Roosevelt in Casablanca in 1943 regarding how to end the war:
“we have procured the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the criminal forces who plunged the world into storm and ruin.”
Churchill's account of the decision made with Roosevelt in Casablanca in 1943 regarding how to end the war:
“we have procured the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the criminal forces who plunged the world into storm and ruin.”
August 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In fact, the opposite of what Vance says is true.
Churchill's account of the decision made with Roosevelt in Casablanca in 1943 regarding how to end the war:
“we have procured the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the criminal forces who plunged the world into storm and ruin.”
Churchill's account of the decision made with Roosevelt in Casablanca in 1943 regarding how to end the war:
“we have procured the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of the criminal forces who plunged the world into storm and ruin.”
Sounds lovely, but it's false and misleading on all accounts. Only one of those powers started shooting, not unfriendly messages but missiles, and this has not come to an end.
August 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sounds lovely, but it's false and misleading on all accounts. Only one of those powers started shooting, not unfriendly messages but missiles, and this has not come to an end.
You can't fool history.
David Lawrence, a prominent journalist during World War II, on how Nazi propagandists, including pro-Nazi Americans of the group called “America First Committee,” tried to keep the US from getting involved in the war. (In: Bradley W. Hart, Hitler's American Friends, 2018)
David Lawrence, a prominent journalist during World War II, on how Nazi propagandists, including pro-Nazi Americans of the group called “America First Committee,” tried to keep the US from getting involved in the war. (In: Bradley W. Hart, Hitler's American Friends, 2018)
August 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You can't fool history.
David Lawrence, a prominent journalist during World War II, on how Nazi propagandists, including pro-Nazi Americans of the group called “America First Committee,” tried to keep the US from getting involved in the war. (In: Bradley W. Hart, Hitler's American Friends, 2018)
David Lawrence, a prominent journalist during World War II, on how Nazi propagandists, including pro-Nazi Americans of the group called “America First Committee,” tried to keep the US from getting involved in the war. (In: Bradley W. Hart, Hitler's American Friends, 2018)
“Russia, Hungary can join efforts to protect their nationals in Ukraine,” Sergey Lavrov argued in the same Hungarian state media interview, where he made his case for Russia’s military aggression by claiming to protect Russian minorities. Just wondering what was the implication of this statement.
July 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“Russia, Hungary can join efforts to protect their nationals in Ukraine,” Sergey Lavrov argued in the same Hungarian state media interview, where he made his case for Russia’s military aggression by claiming to protect Russian minorities. Just wondering what was the implication of this statement.
“The motive, often overlooked here, is that Russia believes it is in an existential, do-or-die confrontation with a far stronger West.”
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May 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“The motive, often overlooked here, is that Russia believes it is in an existential, do-or-die confrontation with a far stronger West.”
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How pathetic to see these extreme right-wing politicians, whose entire political careers have been built on the rhetoric of fighting for “national sovereignty”, turn into peace doves when it comes to - Russia.
May 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
How pathetic to see these extreme right-wing politicians, whose entire political careers have been built on the rhetoric of fighting for “national sovereignty”, turn into peace doves when it comes to - Russia.
Have you said “sorry we lied/were utterly ignorant about this” once in this entire interview?
May 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Have you said “sorry we lied/were utterly ignorant about this” once in this entire interview?
No, in fact he was bragging about ending the war in 24 hours. It is now three months and counting. So either he lied or he is responsible for prolonging it. To say nothing of incompetence. Take your pick.
April 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
No, in fact he was bragging about ending the war in 24 hours. It is now three months and counting. So either he lied or he is responsible for prolonging it. To say nothing of incompetence. Take your pick.
The only reason this guy stops at spreading flat-earth conspiracy theories is because he owns a satellite company.
March 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The only reason this guy stops at spreading flat-earth conspiracy theories is because he owns a satellite company.
Bravery, as common sense and basic morality suggest, means fighting the aggressor, not his victim.
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Bravery, as common sense and basic morality suggest, means fighting the aggressor, not his victim.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
You - we - clearly are.
You - we - clearly are.
February 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
You - we - clearly are.
You - we - clearly are.
Shamefully palling around with Putin. You believe in the same common sense as a mass murderer. Wouldn't be too proud of that if I were you.
February 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Shamefully palling around with Putin. You believe in the same common sense as a mass murderer. Wouldn't be too proud of that if I were you.
But he says Putin, who has been running a three-year military terror campaign against Ukraine, has been "unfairly demonised" by the West. No more questions. His own people seem to know exactly what this is all about.
January 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
But he says Putin, who has been running a three-year military terror campaign against Ukraine, has been "unfairly demonised" by the West. No more questions. His own people seem to know exactly what this is all about.
“Hitler transformed his followers’ anger at cultural and political disorder into moral outrage. In place of the Weimar Republic, which he ridiculed as weak and feminine, Hitler promised the dawn of a resolute masculine order.” (C.Koonz)
We ignore history at our own peril.
We ignore history at our own peril.
January 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Hitler transformed his followers’ anger at cultural and political disorder into moral outrage. In place of the Weimar Republic, which he ridiculed as weak and feminine, Hitler promised the dawn of a resolute masculine order.” (C.Koonz)
We ignore history at our own peril.
We ignore history at our own peril.
It's interesting how these MAGA/MEGA folks, who are all about showing off their passionate commitment to defending national sovereignty and culture against outside influences, suddenly become pretty much self-restrained when it comes to the support of Ukraine's fight for its life with Russia.
January 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It's interesting how these MAGA/MEGA folks, who are all about showing off their passionate commitment to defending national sovereignty and culture against outside influences, suddenly become pretty much self-restrained when it comes to the support of Ukraine's fight for its life with Russia.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. I don't know why it just occurred to me.
January 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. I don't know why it just occurred to me.
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January 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Yeah, that's exactly how Ukrainians greeted the “special military operation” that was supposed to bring them "traditional values." Like this:
January 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yeah, that's exactly how Ukrainians greeted the “special military operation” that was supposed to bring them "traditional values." Like this:
“If not before, by now it should be clear to all those who thought they had discovered in the Russian regime a defender of ‘traditional Christian values’ that Putinism has exactly as much to do with Christianity as the ideology of Mein Kampf.“
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January 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“If not before, by now it should be clear to all those who thought they had discovered in the Russian regime a defender of ‘traditional Christian values’ that Putinism has exactly as much to do with Christianity as the ideology of Mein Kampf.“
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