On Hungarians

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Date: 24 October 2006 16:41:27

This week sees the commemeration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against the Soviet Union.

The official celebrations/memorial was interrupted by protests against the present government. If you remember they have the Prime Minister who, rather foolishly, admitted to lying to the electorate in this year's elections. Therefore there have been almost continuous protests against his party's continuation in office.

So the official commerations were disrupted by the opposition parties marching against the government. They in turn were tear gassed and beaten up by the local police. Even 50 years later we still have Hungarian wounding Hungarian.

The current PM is also a former Communist Party leader and is married to the granddaughter of the General who led the reprisals against the Hungarians fighting for their freedom from the Soviet Union. There seems to be a little historical leg pulling here.

I read that the Hungarian General who helped lead the original revolution is still alive at the age of 94 and lost none of his vim. Upon meeting one of the Russian officers in Moscow a few years ago, and debating the ungarian Rising, was told by him that the Russians had never bombed or straffed the Hungarian fighters. He replied that the General should come with him and he'd show the Russian the craters that remain from the bombing. Reply? there came none.