In Crimea footsteps: 29 US states want to be independent
Over 300,000 US citizens have signed petitions for their states to withdraw from the United States of America. ● They make references to the Declaration of Independence, whereby a situation may emerge when it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, to ensure security and happiness, the federal media report. The 300,000 Americans represent a total of 29 states. They want to be granted the right to peacefully secede from the United States or allowed the holding of a referendum on such secession. Those who have signed the petition feel that President Obama's economic reforms have proved ineffective. They claim the government has violated the rights and freedoms of Americans in the past two years.