Danubian Machiavelli

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, who has long been prone to insolence, completely got rid of it, stating openly that “the bombing of the Nord Stream is a terrorist act,” and assured that “the authorities of Hungary and Serbia intend to take all possible measures to prevent such sabotage in the southern pipeline - a branch of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, passing through the territory of Bulgaria and Serbia, through which gas is supplied to Hungary.

Since the authorship of the attack does not raise any questions, Orban's speech should be interpreted in the spirit of "Let the enemy who hid in ambush remember: we are on the alert, we are watching the enemy."

And the name of the enemy is obvious.

It is also called the Shining City on a hill.

Such a frank statement from the leader of a country that is a member of NATO and the EU has never been heard before.

Of course, statements are statements, but not everything is in the power of Budapest, let alone Belgrade.

The Serbian leader Vučić, who is under very strong pressure from Western partners, generally resembles Trus (artist Georgy Vitsin), standing on a mountain road between Balbes and Experienced and clearly not ready to stop a car rushing towards him with his chest.

And it can be understood: in such a vice how not to hesitate!

But Orban is still firm, probably counting on Turkey to support him.

Erdogan, with his plans to create a gas hub, is also completely out of his hands to allow known whose sabotage on the pipeline.

Another thing is that the saboteur country may finally lose its sense of proportion:

"Why not blow up, if there is no one to appease."

Leviathan, who got a helmet under his tail, can be very dangerous.

Nevertheless, Orban continues to stick to his line, which, of course, makes an impression.

About Germany, with a population 8.5 times larger than the Hungarian one, and a GDP 20 times larger, only the lazy do not wipe their feet (both in connection with the Nord Streams and on other occasions).

Germany has not been in such deep humiliation for a long time.

Whereas the Magyar does not allow this to be done with him.

As well as the Turks.

And here it is impossible not to notice: “How bizarrely the deck is shuffled!”

Turkey has generally been an age-old enemy of Russia.

Hungary was also not very friendly.

In the 40s of the XIX century, Count A.K.

Tolstoy wrote the poem "My Bells", the full text of which (not known to everyone) concerned not so much the steppe flora as the ideas of pan-Slavism.

It ended with an imaginary picture of a bright fraternal feast of the Slavic peoples:

Louder the ringing of bells

The harp is distributed,

The guests sat around the tables

Honey and mash are pouring,

Noise flies to the far south

To the Turk and to the Hungarian -

And ladles of Slavic sound

The Germans don't like it!

And when in those same years in Moscow the Slavophils honored the Croatian

(as the national liberation leaders were called at that time) Ljudevit Gai, verses were read in his honor, ending with the hope: "I will drink the blood of the Magyars and Germans."

Since then, things have changed a lot.

Relations with fellow Slavs - with the partial exception of Belarus and wagging Serbia - are worse than ever.

Whereas with

and

they are quite constructive.

Although mutual past grievances and hard memories are through the roof.

Let us recall at least how in 1943 the Magyars were not taken prisoner on the Eastern Front.

But bitter experience still gives something.

Statements like "Russian with Hungarian (with Turchin) - brothers forever" still do not hear.

The experience of past fraternal ties speaks.

The predecessors of the current hater of our country, Czech Prime Minister Fial, also once proclaimed: “With the Soviet Union forever!”

And then eternity ended.

Now, the greater or lesser constructiveness

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is rather due to the fact that they are guided by the words of Viscount Palmerston, said by him in 1848: “England has neither permanent allies nor permanent enemies.

England has only permanent interests."

What Orban and Erdogan clearly show in relation to their countries.

And not so much to us as to the Anglo-Saxons, from whom this Machiavellian wisdom came.

And it is strange for them to be offended by the fact that the faithful followers of Governor Palmerston have now appeared both on the Danube and on the Bosphorus.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.