ORIGINAL: Ursa MAior
Do you EVEN realize what you are talking about?
Absolutely, in the same way that you get to choose exactly what you consider war to be about, I've performed the very same with the Soviet intervention in Hungary. As a mental exercise, it wasn't very difficult.
Elite uprising?
Yes, participation was by a fraction of the population, easily describable as an elite if one wishes.
Economic benefit?
Yes, capitalism or anti-communism has a distinct economic benefit to those at the top of the food chain. Particularly for the elites who would head the new system.
Third invasion in 50 years?
1914 and 1941. Perhaps after counter-revolutionaries took control in Hungary in 1956, it would revert to facism and find yet another pretext to invade Russia.
You must be mistaking us with someone else.
No, it looks as though you have very selective history in Hungary. Austria-Hungary and then Hungary declared war against Russia/Soviet Union. They weren't unknown events, go look them up.
While joining the 1941 attack on the USSR was not a wise step since no allied power offered ANY chance to reevaluate the completely unjust Trianon Treaty, Hungary had no choice but to join the axis.
No choice if Hungary wished to assert her imperialist aggresssion which had previously resulted in unconditional surrender.
Funnily enough, Hungary's Imperialist ambitions once again ended in unconditional surrender. I'd imagine the Soviets were unwilling to risk Hungary recovering for another bash at taking Moscow.
Obviously, as your population is not taught of the horrific choices your government has made in th e past, and tries to logically explain engaging in genocide and war as "Hungary had no choice" then it was quite justified in snuffing out revisionist counter-revolutionaries in 1956.
I thought there is no intellectual level below the MCS crews'. You have proven that there is.
Funny, anyone who disagrees with you is subject to random ad hominems. Almost as though you're utterly incapable of any kind of adult discussion. Subject is irrelevant, whether it's Napoleonic frigates or subjective labels of "just" wars. There you are screaming and pouting like a 7 year old.
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