Gray War

There are times when we need to ask questions. This is one of those moments. So in this piece, I am going to do precisely this. And it is driven by this post:

For the third time in a week, an oil facility that processes Russian oil is on fire in Europe — this time in Bratislava, an oil refinery owned by the Hungarian MOL is on fire. It processes Russian oil coming through the Druzhba oil pipeline.

One incident at a fuel processing facility is an accident. Three in a week is a pattern. So what is going on here? Russia is attacking the West. Why? It is a grayzone campaign to try to divide the West. In particular, divide Hungary and Europe. That pipeline comes through Ukraine to Hungary. And Ukraine has hit it in the recent past.

Hungary under Victor Orban is very friendly to Moscow. At times, I wonder if Orban would rather go the Belarus route and become a client state of Russia.

Yes, I went there because Orban is an authoritarian in the vein of Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump. He is part of that right-wing switch in Western politics.

A reminder, Hungary does not want Ukraine to join the European Union. This is partly about keeping Ukraine looking in, and from a complete European realignment.

Part of this gray war also includes propaganda, and wunderwaffen:

No rockets, no…