Months ago your correspondent had a piece for his absurdities". In view of the tendency to accuse President Trump for everything including heat and high tide the idea was to launch a prescient good one". It was to articulate the anticipation that one day POTUS shall be accused of anti-Semitism. Back then the forecast appeared to be too weird to be presented in jest. So the item got shelved.
That restraint might have been wrong. Recent news probably overlooked where you live- suggests that for the MSN even Israel not to mention Trumps family might be included in the reserve army of anti-Semitism. Do not shake your head; rather shake your fist as you proceed.
The tale begins much earlier and at a remote place. It also involves controversial persons namely Mr. Orbn Hungarys Prime Minister and George Soros a VIP of finance and himself of Hungarian-Jewish origins. Regardless of that this is about much more than a beginning in an ignored country about which we know little".
The too insane to be true" story is that Mr. Soros who advocates that Europe admit yearly a million culturally incompatible migrants is at war" with several governments. Among these Hungarys has the pole position. Ascribe that to Soros origins and to the circumstance that in words and deeds Orbn heads a spreading movement that resists the left-liberal subversion of Western Civilization by multi-culti" constructions.
George Soros is more than just a rich global citizen who pursues a once worthy but incrementally radicalized dream. By injecting huge sums Soros has founded NGOs whose purpose is to influence public life. Even a university that issues American degrees with only a desk in the US is among them. Now an admission: due to the sound of these advocacy groups the writer greeted them as means to further the open society and to correct decades of socialist misrule.
The tentacles of the hydra being multiple and the space here limited the report concentrates on the tug of war between Soros and Hungary. The most active front of Soros struggle against all is embedded in that precedent-setting confrontation.
Soros planted his global organizations when the Socialists governed Hungary. (Their dream of terrestrial paradise outbid those that were limited by the makeable. Once the illusions dissipated Orbn inherited stagnation and a tripled debt to West-banks that eagerly finance what fails.) Apparently Soros had been attracted to the pliable economically failing but PC left because it listened to him. In turn his outfits gave legitimacy to the kleptocrats. Their removal from power after shrinking to about 10 of the vote topped by the extreme rightist Jobbik Party- must have been a shock. It might have registered as a betrayal by the natives from which he descended.
Not accidentally in free elections Orbn received a 2/3 majority. That gives the PM a free hand which is exploited to call the result a dictatorship" that insinuates North Korean conditions. In fact Mr. Orbn uses his mandate to pursue non-PC ends.
One of his alleged wrongs had been to proclaim that Hungary is a post-Liberal state and a work-and-identity based democracy. Orbns perception is that liberal doctrine as applied by liberals hinders the defense of the civilization that produced liberalism. If a proclaimed value is worth anything then it is worth defending. By generating excuses to give in to the foes of freedom liberals have become a threat to liberty as a system which government is mandated to defend.
The open abandonment of liberalism brings excommunication. A charge which due to repetition has gained fact-status is the medias suppression. When after many deficits the leading socialist paper went bankrupt the Fidesz government was made responsible. Even now the opposition has its TV station and papers. This writer starts his day by perusing two of them. Furthermore an internationally accessible pro-government station presents the rightist and leftist oppositions critique. More: if you enter Hungary you notice posters. One asks for participation in a referendum so that not Soros has the last laugh". The other accuses the government is stealing" w we work". What a dictatorship!
While due to second-hand information Western media claims that Orbn is removed of democratic control" the bad guy produced a thriving economy rising wages and GDP the reduction of debt simplified bureaucratic procedures and low taxes. Tellingly all this came about by ignoring the IMFs original RX to prevent a collapse. Success due to unapproved methods cannot pass unpunished. The more so since Orbn has added a further major sin. It is the wall".
In 2015 invading migrants overwhelmed Hungary. Orbn reestablished control and cheered by the terrorized locals he shut the border which is also a Shengen boundary that is to be defended by the EUs rules. Now Hungary proudly asserts to be a safe" country having only to deal only with home-grown criminals. Today the border is air-tight and widely copied Croatia Slovenia Austria the Visegrd Four and with others secretly in the tow. Oddly this closing of the Balkan Route" has saved Merkel from popular resistance and will get her reelected. It is telling about what ails liberalism" that the policy that removed the pressure on the North" continues to serve as a target of its principled" critique.
Concurrently Budapest is reacting to the civic groups that provide the backbone of the vote-starved opposition that spreads fancy tales about local conditions. These folks are also known to provide illegals with maps and with instructions about how to claim refugee status. The best of the tales is the one about concentration camps". Illegal migrants not refugees- that pass the wall" are led into a holding area. Yes its Hungarian and therefore EU side is fortified. However the prison" is open along the border: anyone who wishes may leave.
Hungary has reacted to Soros challenge. A new law requires that NGOs reveal the source of their funding from abroad. (Interestingly Israel has comparable intentions.) Such support remains legal as does the activity of these groups. The status of Soros American" university which has only a desk in the US is also being examined while one genuine overseas campus of a US institution is in operation.
Concurrently a complicating factor emerged. In some instances the placard with Soros picture has been defaced by some low-life spraying stinking Jew" on it. (Most countries have a robust supply of anti-Semites.) Interestingly Orbns party has leading Jewish members and the charges against Soros ignore his irrelevant- ethnicity. Regardless of that the Wests left bemoans institutionalized anti-Semitism. One Jewish organization and Israels ambassador joined the cause. That gets us to the amazing part of this report.
Before Netanyahus unusually long three day visit of Hungary on July 18th Jerusalem disavowed the ambassador. Rightly so: the limping charge as the one about Nazi" border camps- trivializes the holocaust and anti-Semitism. Israel is an entity whose existence is endangered and so is as perceived by Orbn Hungary too. Both are accused in the EU with about the same crimes. Add to that that the chemistry between Netanyahu and Orbn is god.
However the case goes further. The censure was only a first step. Israel blames Soros for financing outfits that attack her. Furthermore in Israel they know that to feed the flames anti-Semitism one need to declare that if a person is Jewish he cannot be wrong. And if not wrong he is right by being a Jew. Not liking that is anti-Semitic. Nevertheless a professionally Jewish group is disappointed" by Israels action.
Obviously that disappointment did not silence the complainers. In their circle the absurd must be proclaimed real once reality fails to be politically correct. Typically a report also carried by Fox alleges that their shared appreciation brings together two right-wingers enamored of Trump" who share a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order bankrolled by the likes of the Hungarian-born philanthropist Soros".
Unimpressed Soros is denounced by Netanyahu for subsidizing radical Palestinians. Meanwhile Orbn defends blocking the entry of radicals into Europe and his country. If given a choice being rather right than PC the Premiers stick to their positions. That earns disapproval for refusing the kowtow dictated by the reverse racism of de facto anti-Semitic retrogrades. Well some prefer to be labeled wrong by the nave to being proven by later events that they were fools.
Their similarities defending outposts of freedoms order and the identity of their besieged peoples went beyond making the meeting of the anti-Semite" and the racist Zionist" a friendly affair. And albeit underreported into a significant one. Netanyahu thanked Hungary for standing up in international forums against those who as often enough the EU- attempt to de-legitimize the Jewish state. At the same time Bibi" met the rest of the Visegrd communitys Premiers that joined the meeting in Budapest to sign an agreement about cooperation. He used the opportunity to ask these representatives of common sense to convince the rest of the European Union not to pressure Israel to moderate prejudices and to improve relations because Israel is the only country in its region that defends values which are in Europes interest.
This will be a difficult sell to a reluctant customer. Central and East Europe knows something the West prefers to forget. From recent experience with Nazis and Communists these peoples are cognizant of how quickly a nations existence and independence can be destroyed. The Wests governors do not share this realistic perception.
Months ago your correspondent had a piece for his absurdities". In view of the tendency to accuse President Trump for everything including heat and high tide the idea was to launch a prescient good one". It was to articulate the anticipation that one day POTUS shall be accused of anti-Semitism. Back then the forecast appeared to be too weird to be presented in jest. So the item got shelved.
That restraint might have been wrong. Recent news probably overlooked where you live- suggests that for the MSN even Israel not to mention Trumps family might be included in the reserve army of anti-Semitism. Do not shake your head; rather shake your fist as you proceed.
The tale begins much earlier and at a remote place. It also involves controversial persons namely Mr. Orbn Hungarys Prime Minister and George Soros a VIP of finance and himself of Hungarian-Jewish origins. Regardless of that this is about much more than a beginning in an ignored country about which we know little".
The too insane to be true" story is that Mr. Soros who advocates that Europe admit yearly a million culturally incompatible migrants is at war" with several governments. Among these Hungarys has the pole position. Ascribe that to Soros origins and to the circumstance that in words and deeds Orbn heads a spreading movement that resists the left-liberal subversion of Western Civilization by multi-culti" constructions.
George Soros is more than just a rich global citizen who pursues a once worthy but incrementally radicalized dream. By injecting huge sums Soros has founded NGOs whose purpose is to influence public life. Even a university that issues American degrees with only a desk in the US is among them. Now an admission: due to the sound of these advocacy groups the writer greeted them as means to further the open society and to correct decades of socialist misrule.
The tentacles of the hydra being multiple and the space here limited the report concentrates on the tug of war between Soros and Hungary. The most active front of Soros struggle against all is embedded in that precedent-setting confrontation.
Soros planted his global organizations when the Socialists governed Hungary. (Their dream of terrestrial paradise outbid those that were limited by the makeable. Once the illusions dissipated Orbn inherited stagnation and a tripled debt to West-banks that eagerly finance what fails.) Apparently Soros had been attracted to the pliable economically failing but PC left because it listened to him. In turn his outfits gave legitimacy to the kleptocrats. Their removal from power after shrinking to about 10 of the vote topped by the extreme rightist Jobbik Party- must have been a shock. It might have registered as a betrayal by the natives from which he descended.
Not accidentally in free elections Orbn received a 2/3 majority. That gives the PM a free hand which is exploited to call the result a dictatorship" that insinuates North Korean conditions. In fact Mr. Orbn uses his mandate to pursue non-PC ends.
One of his alleged wrongs had been to proclaim that Hungary is a post-Liberal state and a work-and-identity based democracy. Orbns perception is that liberal doctrine as applied by liberals hinders the defense of the civilization that produced liberalism. If a proclaimed value is worth anything then it is worth defending. By generating excuses to give in to the foes of freedom liberals have become a threat to liberty as a system which government is mandated to defend.
The open abandonment of liberalism brings excommunication. A charge which due to repetition has gained fact-status is the medias suppression. When after many deficits the leading socialist paper went bankrupt the Fidesz government was made responsible. Even now the opposition has its TV station and papers. This writer starts his day by perusing two of them. Furthermore an internationally accessible pro-government station presents the rightist and leftist oppositions critique. More: if you enter Hungary you notice posters. One asks for participation in a referendum so that not Soros has the last laugh". The other accuses the government is stealing" w we work". What a dictatorship!
While due to second-hand information Western media claims that Orbn is removed of democratic control" the bad guy produced a thriving economy rising wages and GDP the reduction of debt simplified bureaucratic procedures and low taxes. Tellingly all this came about by ignoring the IMFs original RX to prevent a collapse. Success due to unapproved methods cannot pass unpunished. The more so since Orbn has added a further major sin. It is the wall".
In 2015 invading migrants overwhelmed Hungary. Orbn reestablished control and cheered by the terrorized locals he shut the border which is also a Shengen boundary that is to be defended by the EUs rules. Now Hungary proudly asserts to be a safe" country having only to deal only with home-grown criminals. Today the border is air-tight and widely copied Croatia Slovenia Austria the Visegrd Four and with others secretly in the tow. Oddly this closing of the Balkan Route" has saved Merkel from popular resistance and will get her reelected. It is telling about what ails liberalism" that the policy that removed the pressure on the North" continues to serve as a target of its principled" critique.
Concurrently Budapest is reacting to the civic groups that provide the backbone of the vote-starved opposition that spreads fancy tales about local conditions. These folks are also known to provide illegals with maps and with instructions about how to claim refugee status. The best of the tales is the one about concentration camps". Illegal migrants not refugees- that pass the wall" are led into a holding area. Yes its Hungarian and therefore EU side is fortified. However the prison" is open along the border: anyone who wishes may leave.
Hungary has reacted to Soros challenge. A new law requires that NGOs reveal the source of their funding from abroad. (Interestingly Israel has comparable intentions.) Such support remains legal as does the activity of these groups. The status of Soros American" university which has only a desk in the US is also being examined while one genuine overseas campus of a US institution is in operation.
Concurrently a complicating factor emerged. In some instances the placard with Soros picture has been defaced by some low-life spraying stinking Jew" on it. (Most countries have a robust supply of anti-Semites.) Interestingly Orbns party has leading Jewish members and the charges against Soros ignore his irrelevant- ethnicity. Regardless of that the Wests left bemoans institutionalized anti-Semitism. One Jewish organization and Israels ambassador joined the cause. That gets us to the amazing part of this report.
Before Netanyahus unusually long three day visit of Hungary on July 18th Jerusalem disavowed the ambassador. Rightly so: the limping charge as the one about Nazi" border camps- trivializes the holocaust and anti-Semitism. Israel is an entity whose existence is endangered and so is as perceived by Orbn Hungary too. Both are accused in the EU with about the same crimes. Add to that that the chemistry between Netanyahu and Orbn is god.
However the case goes further. The censure was only a first step. Israel blames Soros for financing outfits that attack her. Furthermore in Israel they know that to feed the flames anti-Semitism one need to declare that if a person is Jewish he cannot be wrong. And if not wrong he is right by being a Jew. Not liking that is anti-Semitic. Nevertheless a professionally Jewish group is disappointed" by Israels action.
Obviously that disappointment did not silence the complainers. In their circle the absurd must be proclaimed real once reality fails to be politically correct. Typically a report also carried by Fox alleges that their shared appreciation brings together two right-wingers enamored of Trump" who share a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order bankrolled by the likes of the Hungarian-born philanthropist Soros".
Unimpressed Soros is denounced by Netanyahu for subsidizing radical Palestinians. Meanwhile Orbn defends blocking the entry of radicals into Europe and his country. If given a choice being rather right than PC the Premiers stick to their positions. That earns disapproval for refusing the kowtow dictated by the reverse racism of de facto anti-Semitic retrogrades. Well some prefer to be labeled wrong by the nave to being proven by later events that they were fools.
Their similarities defending outposts of freedoms order and the identity of their besieged peoples went beyond making the meeting of the anti-Semite" and the racist Zionist" a friendly affair. And albeit underreported into a significant one. Netanyahu thanked Hungary for standing up in international forums against those who as often enough the EU- attempt to de-legitimize the Jewish state. At the same time Bibi" met the rest of the Visegrd communitys Premiers that joined the meeting in Budapest to sign an agreement about cooperation. He used the opportunity to ask these representatives of common sense to convince the rest of the European Union not to pressure Israel to moderate prejudices and to improve relations because Israel is the only country in its region that defends values which are in Europes interest.
This will be a difficult sell to a reluctant customer. Central and East Europe knows something the West prefers to forget. From recent experience with Nazis and Communists these peoples are cognizant of how quickly a nations existence and independence can be destroyed. The Wests governors do not share this realistic perception.