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My fellow citizens.
I greet all of you as I'm both sad and happy in telling this to you. We have heard the message and we will answer you, people of Crimea . We can no more ignore these demands: They want Russia to liberate them. These numbers speak for themselves. Russia and Crimea have had long and colorful history together and now it’s time to take the next big step. Our sense of community was just as strong as that sense of promise. Neighbors helped each other. There were dry wells and sandstorms to keep you humble, and lifelong friends to take your side, and churches to remind us that every soul is equal in value and equal in need. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. We are gravely concerned over the developments in Crimea. But I believe that Crimea will overcome all the hardships. We are not just neighbors, we are family and our future success depends on both of us, Russia and Crimea. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. The storm raging against our venerable continent from the steppes this winter overshadows all previous human and historical experience. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. The progress of liberty is a powerful trend. Yet, we also know that liberty, if not defended, can be lost. The success of freedom is not determined by some dialectic of history. By definition, the success of freedom rests upon the choices and the courage of free peoples, and upon their willingness to sacrifice. We will give our military the means to keep the peace, and we will give it one thing more ... a commander-in-chief who respects our men and women in uniform, and a commander-in-chief who earns their respect. Crimea: You have been putinated! |