Even though we've lost every war we've entered and even though all our revolutions failed, we Hungarians tend to think that our Nation leads the Central European region. So we say: Hungarians are more important, creative, clever -- all in all -better -- than Romanians, Slovaks, Czechs, Ukrainians etc.

But recently we've noticed our neighbors gaining popularity, speed, and power. They are gradually lapping us, especially the Czechs. Prague seems to be flourishing more than Budapest, and this discovery hurts us terribly.

As far as the U.S. is concerned, we don't really care how much power it has, since it doesn't ever lend any of it to us. Nevertheless, we do notice from this vantage point that it is losing power in the contemporary international conflicts. Its solutions don't appear to be effective at all.

The only ones who seem to be gaining power in this world are the terrorists. Fortunately, as of today, Hungary has not been struck by them. We are not stupid, so we know that this is not because our Intelligence Services and police forces are particularly remarkable. It was luck...and, of course, the fact that we have no importance whatsoever on the international chessboard.