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They are in the same existential battle,
marchers in Tbilisi, defenders in Pokrovsk,
different faces of the same fight,
Fighting the same enemy, Russia,
the power of corruption,
Puppets to the Madman,
the monster in the Kremlin…

We must stand on the side of Freedom,
"ჩვენ უნდა დავდგეთ თავისუფლების მხარეს",
"Ми повинні стояти на боці свободи,"
in this moment, in this time of trial,
in the crucible of war and protest…
to defeat the terror of Putin, the Moskals,
the common enemy we all fight…

This is the same challenge, the same call to arms,
since the Iron Curtain fell, dividing Europe,
millions of people subjugated, locked in chains,
as the Kremlin threatened annihilation…
The madness of the MAD doctrine,
cowing the West into appeasement,
bearing the same awful fruit today…

We must stand on the side of Freedom,
"ჩვენ უნდა დავდგეთ თავისუფლების მხარეს",
"Ми повинні стояти на боці свободи,"
in this moment, in this time of trial,
in the crucible of war and protest…
to defeat the terror of Putin, the Moskals,
the common enemy we all fight…
 
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Edited October 7, 2025
We must stand on the side of Freedom – v2

November 29, 2024
the front will be everywhere – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-front-will-be-everywhere-v3.html
Quote: “На фронті будуть всі,
aбо фронт буде всюди”
“Everyone will be at the front,
or the front will be everywhere"
November 12, 2024
the front will be everywhere
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-front-will-be-everywhere.html
October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
October 17, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Ten years under the gun – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-years-under-gun-v2_26.html
Written and posted October 15, 2024
in this moment of madness
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness_25.html
Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.html

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