A Magyar Lobbi akciólevele Bush elnökhöz, hogy februári-márciusi európai útja során látogasson el Budapestre. Részlet a Magyar Lobbi 2005. február 11-i akció köréből.

Dear Mr. President, It was marvelous to hear your eloquent words, calling for American leadership in the struggle for universal freedom and liberty. As a member of the American-Hungarian lobby, I am proud to say that we American-Hungarians are with you in this struggle. Our nation has shed more blood for freedom and liberty than any nation on this planet, and America always stood with us in our many struggles for freedom.

After the fall of our first fight for freedom against Habsburg oppression, it was the Hungarian Hussar officer Michael Kovats who organized the cavalry of George Washington’s Continental forces and helped defeat the British at Trenton in 1777. After the defeat of our second fight for freedom in 1848, Louis Kossuth, on January 7, 1852, was invited to speak to the Senate and House of Representatives — an honor previously accorded only to the Marquis de Lafayette. He said: “…your fathers raised a home to freedom more glorious than the world has ever seen… Your principles will conquer the world by the glorious example of your freedom.”

When the Communists crushed our fight for freedom in 1956, it was the United States that offered protection to Cardinal József Mindszenty, admitted tens of thousands of our refugees, and gave scholarships to thousands of Hungarian students.

Because we stand together for freedom, I would like to respectfully ask you that during your visit to Europe later this month, you visit Budapest — in the eyes of many, the “capital of freedom.” There you might see the Crown of St. Stephen, which the United States protected for Hungary from the Nazis and Communists; the apartment of Cardinal Mindszenty at the American Embassy; and the House of Terror, where you can get a sense of what it was like to live under the Nazis or the Communists.

The 1.5 million American-Hungarians would be grateful if you visited the capital where Communism was mortally wounded by the freedom fighters of Budapest in 1956 — and if, during your visit, you mentioned that all national minorities of Europe should be given the right to freely elect their own local self-government.

Respectfully yours

Forrás: Magyar Lobbi, 2005. február 11.