Just for show?

It would be nice if the many official delegations heading to Budapest for the 50th anniversary commemorations on Monday would clarify whether they are attending the official official commemoration, laid on by the Socialist government -- the successor to the pro-Soviet forces in 1956 -- or the other official commemoration, laid on by actual veterans of 1956 who understandably don't want to be on the same stage with the ex-Communists. With Hungary 1956 having been adopted by George Bush as an example of western weakness in the face of tyranny, it would be especially revealing if he, without a USSR to worry about, only sent his delegation to the "real" 1956 event.