OEA Sanctions Series #1: Eritrea: Time to Lift Long Overdue Sanctions
December 23, 2017
It is high time that the UN Security Council ended another travesty created and left behind by the Obama administration. On Christmas Eve 2009, the then new administration imposed a measure of unwarranted sanctions based on bogus charges--charges that were manufactured, orchestrated by Ethiopia, its K Street lobbyists and enablers in Washington. Though the pretext for the unjust sanctions was to “serve” peace and security in Somalia, as the past eight years have made it clear, punishing innocent Eritrea based on false premises has neither brought peace to Somalia nor security to the Horn of Africa. The very forces that have been orchestrating these lies against Eritrea are still wreaking havoc in the region. Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs and veteran Ambassador, Herman Cohen, who has had many years of experience and intimate knowledge of the region, said it well: “Those of us who know Eritrea well, understand that the Eritrean lea 2017 OEA Sanctions Series #1: Eritrea: Time to Lift Long Overdue Sanctions It is high time that the UN Security Council ended another travesty created and left behind by the Obama administration. On Christmas Eve 2009, the then new administration imposed a measure of unwarranted sanctions based on bogus charges--charges that were manufactured, orchestrated by Ethiopia, its K Street lobbyists and enablers in Washington. Though the pretext for the unjust sanctions was to “serve” peace and security in Somalia, as the past eight years have made it clear, punishing innocent Eritrea based on false premises has neither brought peace to Somalia nor security to the Horn of Africa. The very forces that have been orchestrating these lies against Eritrea are still wreaking havoc in the region. Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs and veteran Ambassador, Herman Cohen, who has had many years of experience and intimate knowledge of the region, said it well: “Those of us who know Eritrea well, understand that the Eritrean leadership fears Islamic militancy as much as any other country in the Horn of Africa region.” ......................
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