cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18077343
While most European countries firmly back Ukraine, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seen as having comparatively close ties to Russia, prompting a war of words with Poland.
A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions within Europe over how to deal with Russia as it continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
As an American I suggest the EU finds a way to make it work, even if y’all need to take a crowbar to Orban’s knees (proverbially) to get him to cooperate. Holding together as political entity is hard, ugly work, and sometimes you need to get ugly to maintain unity.
What you don’t want to do is commit was crimes. That should always be a hard line. One out own government has crossed all too often. But it’s hard to live up to ideals. But if you sink to the same level as Putin, you’re not really winning.