In Hungary, Scandal and Crisis Suddenly Energize the Opposition
In Hungary, Scandal and Crisis Suddenly Energize the Opposition
Plus: Schumer Broke with Netanyahu—Now How About Menendez?
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H. DAVID BAER: In Hungary, Scandal and Crisis Suddenly Energize the Opposition.
ALTHOUGH ONE MIGHT NOT KNOW IT given Hungary’s current reputation, the country has noble liberal traditions. In 1848 Hungary gave birth to one of the most successful democratic revolutions in Europe, sadly suppressed after a year by Austrian and Russian armies. The great Hungarian liberal Louis Kossuth, forced to flee his homeland, visited the United States and inspired Americans with his fiery defense of liberty. His bust can be found today in the U.S. Capitol. Another Hungarian liberal of that era, László Újházi, fled to Texas, but was forced to leave his second home because of his opposition to slavery. He served as Abraham Lincoln’s consul in Italy during the Civil War.
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A.B. STODDARD: Schumer Broke with Netanyahu—Now How About Menendez?
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER shocked the world last week with his condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was unexpected, unusual, and—in some quarters—unwelcome.
But it was courageous. Because Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish official in the nation, and a steadfast ally of Israel—and of Bibi himself—it was explosive. Despite the controversy it would invite, Schumer was compelled to tell the truth as he sees it.
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Only a short while ago, this would have been impossible. We used to hate dictators. In the years leading up to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, it seemed easy to distinguish the public life of tyrannical states like Saddam’s or Gaddafi’s from that of democracies.
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