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At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid
from them. Now, 6 centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them. On the first occasion, they
could allow themselves to be disunited and to have hatred and treason because they lived in smaller, weakly interlinked
worlds. Now, as people on this planet, they cannot conquer even their own planet if they are not united, let alone other
planets, unless they live in mutual harmony and solidarity.
Här talar Milosevic, i liknelser, men det är ingen som helst tvekan om vad det hela handlar om:
Ett direkt hot emot alla delrepubliker som försöker lämna av Serbien dominerat Jugoslavien! Du kan lita på att de andra delrepublikerna också förstod budskapet och började förbereda sig för det värsta...., som tyvärr också kom.
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Therefore, words devoted to unity, solidarity, and cooperation among people have no greater significance anywhere on
the soil of our motherland than they have here in the field of Kosovo, which is a symbol of disunity and treason.
In the memory of the Serbian people, this disunity was decisive in causing the loss of the battle and in bringing about the
fate which Serbia suffered for a full 6 centuries.
Even if it were not so, from a historical point of view, it remains certain that the people regarded disunity as its greatest
disaster. Therefore it is the obligation of the people to remove disunity, so that they may protect themselves from defeats,
failures, and stagnation in the future.
Här talar, återigen Milosevic om enhet, (förmodligen bakom sig själv som den stora nationella hjälten). Annars utlovar han nederlag, misstag och stagnation i framtiden. Vi som vet hur det hela avlöpte konstaterar att det serbiska folket, så småningom, gjorde sig kvitt Milosevic efter förödande nederlag, misstag och stagnation, som han ställt till med.
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Unity brings Back Dignity
This year, the Serbian people became aware of the necessity of their mutual harmony as the indispensable condition for
their present life and further development.
I am convinced that this awareness of harmony and unity will make it possible for Serbia not only to function as a state but
to function as a successful state. Therefore I think that it makes sense to say this here in Kosovo, where that disunity once
upon a time tragically pushed back Serbia for centuries and endangered it, and where renewed unity may advance it and
may return dignity to it. Such an awareness about mutual relations constitutes an elementary necessity for Yugoslavia,
too, for its fate is in the joined hands of all its peoples. The Kosovo heroism has been inspiring our creativity for 6
centuries, and has been feeding our pride and does not allow us to forget that at one time we were an army great, brave,
and proud, one of the few that remained undefeated when losing.
Dels talar han här om enighet i Serbien
som stat och dels så talar han om enighet inom Jugoslavien. Men vid det här laget så vet alla vad hans planer är:
Plan A: Försöka övertyga de andra delrepublikerna att acceptera ett Jugoslavien totalt dominerat av Serbien.
Plan B:
Tvinga kvar de republiker som har fräckheten att bryta sig ur Jugoslavien för att skapa sig en egen nationell framtid.
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Six centuries later, now, we are being again engaged in battles and are facing battles. They are not armed battles,
although such things cannot be excluded yet. However, regardless of what kind of battles they are, they cannot be won
without resolve, bravery, and sacrifice, without the noble qualities that were present here in the field of Kosovo in the days
past. Our chief battle now concerns implementing the economic, political, cultural, and general social prosperity, finding a
quicker and more successful approach to a civilization in which people will live in the 21st century. For this battle, we
certainly need heroism, of course of a somewhat different kind, but that courage without which nothing serious and great
can be achieved remains unchanged and remains urgently necessary.
Här poängterar Milosevic att han ingalunda kan utesluta plan B
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Six centuries ago, Serbia heroically defended itself in the field of Kosovo, but it also defended Europe. Serbia was at that
time the bastion that defended the European culture, religion, and European society in general. Therefore today it appears
not only unjust but even unhistorical and completely absurd to talk about Serbia's belonging to Europe. Serbia has been a
part of Europe incessantly, now just as much as it was in the past, of course, in its own way, but in a way that in the
historical sense never deprived it of dignity. In this spirit we now endeavor to build a society, rich and democratic, and thus
to contribute to the prosperity of this beautiful country, this unjustly suffering country, but also to contribute to the efforts of
all the progressive people of our age that they make for a better and happier world.
"Ja, snörvel, snörvel, Serbien har blivit såååå orättvist behandlad". Och, ja, Serbien under Milosevic var väldigt "speciellt", ungefär lika "speciellt" som Ryssland är idag. Med den viktiga skillnaden att det inte hjälper Ryssland att byta ledare för att sluta vara "speciellt", (annat än under en relativt kort "försöka hinna ikapp väst" period)
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Let the memory of Kosovo heroism live forever!
Long live Serbia!
Long live Yugoslavia!
Long live peace and brotherhood among peoples!
Observera ordningen på slagorden:
Först heroismen i Kosovo
Sedan Serbien
Först därefter Jugoslavien
Och, naturligtvis sist: Fred och broderskap mellan människorna.