Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Zelenskiy invokes fight against Nazi Germany in speech to US Congress
Ukrainian president’s first foreign trip since Russia invaded was made amid concern that Republicans might oppose future funding proposals
We know that Zelensky has become a bug bear to the more extreme elements of the GOP. Not all of them. The majority understand the importance of what he is doing in Ukraine..In the UK there is universal support for Ukraine. Mirrored across Europe,
We are told that he is a Nazi and that Ukraine is a nazi state. Echoing claims made by putin to justify his invasion.I am not sure that those claims hold water and that they are being used as a cover for an illegal invasion.
But I would appreciate clarity on the issue. I dont understand the stance on Ukraine by the likes of Tucker Carlson and his friends. The history of Ukraine is invoked mostly but also its current political situation. This is not as prominent but just as puzzling.
Right wingers damn Zelensky but revere Orban. They invite him to their conferences and visit Budapest to sit at his knee. This is puzzling. Hungary had a poor war record an was an ally of the nazis.They were knee deep in the holocaust as well.
Orbans policies revive echoes of the nazis with his racist rhetoric and targetting of minorities. Try livinf a gypsy lifestyle in Hyngary, or even a gay one.
Whilst he doesnt have death camps his poliicies put him firmly on the nazi spectrum . Blood and soil is central to nazi philosophy.
So why is the distinction made between Zelensky and Orban ? Zelensky cant be a liberal if he is a nazi. And Orban is definately not a liberal.
Is it their attitude to Putin ? Is it a niche American thing ? Does it go back to quid pro quo ? Why are the two leaders viewed so differently ?