Nikoli nisem bil pristaš Viktorja Orbana. Nasprotno. Toda glede te ukrajinske vojne imam podobne poglede kot on – treba jo je čim prej končati in to za pogajalsko mizo, ne z orožjem.

Orban je v zadnjem intervjuju glede tega dal odlično nogometno lekcijo evropskim politikom. Pravi, da ko mulci igrajo nogomet, se vsi hkrati zapodijo za žogo. Ko nogomet igrajo profesionalci, igralci gredo tja, kamor bo šla žoga. In politiki bi morali ravnati enako. Morali bi biti v stanju razumeti, kje bo nov epicenter sprememb, ne pa statično ostajati tam, kjer je sedaj. Po njegovem je jasno, da bo najkasneje po novembrskih predsedniških volitvah v ZDA prišlo do spremembe glede stališča do ukrajinske vojne in evropski politiki bi se morali že danes na to aktivno pripravljati. S politiko usmerjeno k miru, ne s politiko vojne. Da se ne bodo takrat, ko bo napočil mir, zbegano spraševali, “kaj pa zdaj?” (kot je včeraj izjavil ministrski predsednik nemške dežele Saške).

Le kako, da se naš Janez ni nalezel nobene Orbanove modrosti?

The European football championship has just ended.

I always say that when they’re playing football the kids in the yard are in a bunch, because everyone’s running to where the ball is.

When the pros play, no one goes to where the ball is, but everyone goes to where the ball will be.

And this is also the essence of politics.

We need to know where the epicentre of events will be, where the centre will be.

And, because of the Chinese and the Americans, we’re well aware of the fact that after November there will be a political era weighted towards peace.

And we’re staying out of it, instead of seeing where the ball is and positioning ourselves accordingly.

Because we, our continent, as the European Union, could be the world power advocating peace more strongly than anyone.

That could be our task!

But as our ladies and gentlemen have dug themselves neck-deep into frontline trenches, it’s difficult for them to climb out and promote a negotiated peace policy instead of a trench war policy.

This is their problem. This will take time.

But the essence of the peace mission is perseverance.

It’s not a matter of going out, preaching a couple of sermons, and seeing peace arrive with everyone coming to their senses.

It’s a matter of methodical work: it has to be done continuously, systematically, every day.

Every day I talk to someone about some possibility, some detail, some new initiatives.

And this is what has to be done, throughout this whole six months, until there’s a ceasefire.

The operative word is perseverance.

And Europe will turn; it’s just very difficult to get out of the trenches that they’re in now and turn the situation around.

But one thing’s for sure: it will all turn around – by the day of the US presidential election at the latest.

It will just be better if it’s not a panicky, hasty turnaround, but a well-considered process of moving from a pro-war policy to a pro-peace European policy.

That would be in everyone’s interest.

Vir: Sony Thang (X)