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Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

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U.S. and Russia, Not So Different

The Current Discussion: What's the next likely target of Russia's reassertion of power?

Whoever would ask this question has a view of the world similar to that of former President Reagan, that is, Russia (the main part of the late Soviet Union) = Evil Empire. The Devil, in the form of a country.

Here's another question: what is the next likely target of the United States of America's reassertion of power?

Please, count: How many wars have been started or provoked by the U.S.A. lately? And, please, feel a little compassion for Russia's leaders. They have just one goal, like their American opposite numbers: win the next election, and remain in the saddle. That's all.

Best from Budapest, Hungary (one of the ex-colonies of the ex-Soviet Union in the ex-Eastern Bloc).

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Posted by Miklos Vamos on August 18, 2008 9:58 AM

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