US, EU, AU and UN Think They Are Doing Poor Landlocked
Ethiopia a Favour
By: Kidane Eyob
April 1, 2004
The ‘Road Map’ to genocide and Somaliazation the TPLF regime is blindly pursuing
holding hands with their sponsors and mentors, The US, EU, AU and UN.
In the early 1950s, US, UK and UN forced Eritrea to be federated with Ethiopia
so land-locked Ethiopia can get an access to the Sea as well as get their strategic
interest in the Red Sea from the last Emperor, who at the time, was their main
ally in the region. Surely, it would have been a lot simpler and politically
correct to grant Eritrea its well-deserved independence just like all the other
African colonies and get their long-term strategic interest in the region from
the Eritrean government they could have helped to establish in the 1950s.
Ten years after federating Eritrea with Ethiopia under the UN resolution, the
last Emperor unilaterally and forcibly annexed Eritrea, dissolved the parliament,
abolished our languages and political parties and declared Eritrea the 14th
province of Ethiopia. Just like Meles now, the last Emperor violated the rule
of law and got away with it the early 1960s. These superpowers and their United
Nations Organisation did absolutely nothing to ensure the rule of law was adhered
to, because they thought they were doing Ethiopia a favour. Were they?
Definitely Not.
What followed was 30 years of bloody war, displacement of millions of people,
famine, starvation, diseases, poverty not to mention helping a dictator the
Derg regime to exploit the total disarray and power vacuum in the country and
come to power in the mid 1970s. They obviously did not do Ethiopia a favour
in the 1950s and 60s. Did they?
Had they ensured justice to prevail and grated Eritrea its independence in the
1950s or 60s just like all the other African colonies, they could have prevented
all these war, famine, suffering and misery of the Eritrean and Ethiopian peoples
in the last 40 odd years. It is not an exaggeration to state that, had they
ensured justice and grated Eritrea its independence, there would have been peace
in the whole region. And, had there been peace in Eritrea and Ethiopia in the
last 40 years, there would not have been famine and starvation in the whole
region in spite of the recurring draught.
At least not to the scale we have witnessed in the last four decades.
As if all these war and suffering is not enough, they made the same mistakes
again in the late 1990s and incited as well as financed the TPLF regime to declare
war on Eritrea and pursue a policy of aggression and expansionism. This time
they failed even more miserably because unlike the last Emperor and the Derg,
the TPLF lacks the basic know-how of modern warfare and applied 1st world war
tactics against 2nd world war weaponry killing 150,000 poor Ethiopian peasants
in three rounds of attacks between 1998 and 2000.
Are they really doing Ethiopia a favour?
Of course Not.
The minority government of the TPLF has rejected the final and binding ruling
of the EEBC in violation of the rule of law and is getting away with it. This
is just like getting away with murder. It seems to me, that Meles knows too
well and his sponsors and mentors have also assured him that UN, US, EU and
AU will not take any punitive measures against Ethiopia.
They think they are doing Ethiopia a favour and prevent her from disintegration,
ethnic cleansing, genocide and Somaliazation.
Are they really doing Ethiopia a favour?
Of course Not.
In fact they are aggravating the situation and acting, as a catalyst to what
Ethiopia is most likely and sadly become. Another Somalia and Rwanda of this
most unfortunate continent. Actually, even worse than Somalia and Rwanda because
Ethiopia has two major religions, a giant population and several ethnic groups
who have been incited to hate and fight each other by the TPLF regime’s divide
and rule policy and social engineering experiment for the last 13 years. This
experiment is no longer controlled experiment and sooner or later there will
be the worst genocide in modern history and catastrophic humanitarian disaster
never seen before in this continent.
The recent massacre in Gambella, the public demonstrations in Tiyen-Biyen, the
frequent surrender of Ethiopian soldiers to Eritrea and the Oromo students’
riots are a clear indication of the ‘Road Map’ to genocide and Somaliazation
the TPLF regime is blindly pursuing holding hands with their sponsors and mentors.
Are they really doing Ethiopia a favour?
Definitely Not, and they are responsible for the genocide and humanitarian disaster
when it explodes in their faces soon.
If they really want do the Ethiopian people a favour, they must ensure the TPLF
regime to accept the final and binding ruling of the EEBC and allow the immediate
implementation of the demarcation and give peace a chance.
Afterwards, they can help both governments and the peoples of these countries
to gradually normalise relations through dialogue. This will take time.
Only God knows how long it will take.
One would expect these super power countries and international organisations
to know better or at least, learn from their mistakes of the past. It seems
to me they are obsessed and ‘brain-locked’ with helping land-locked and brain-locked
poor Ethiopia with access to the Sea so they can get their strategic interest
from the TPLF regime.
What a dumb idea.
It has been two years since the final and binding ruling of the EEBC has been
formally announced, though initially the politically immature TPLF leadership
accepted the verdict and declared ‘total victory’, after they had digested the
details of the ruling, they decided to demand clarifications and eventually
bluntly rejected the final and binding ruling of the EEBC in violation of the
international rule of law.
And they are getting away with it too. Why?
Because the TPLF regime knows too well that, they are doing Ethiopia a favour
and preventing her from disintegration, genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Are they really?
Absolutely Not.
The irony is that the favour the Ethiopian people need from them is not being
delivered. It is not the Red Sea that the Ethiopian people desperately need.
There are 14 African and several European landlocked countries that are living
in peace with their neighbouring countries and enjoying the fruits of peace
too.
What the Ethiopian people need most is peace, food, shelter, education, healthcare
and help to exploit their rich natural resources and become self sufficient
in food production possibly even the bread basket of the region.
It is very irresponsible of these countries and organisations not to take any
punitive measures against Ethiopia and force Meles to adhere to the rule of
law and accept the final and binding ruling of the EEBC without any precondition
and allow the border demarcation to take place so the Ethiopian and Eritrean
people can live in peace and help normalise relations.
Both Ethiopia and Eritrea can only fully focus on their national development
projects, rehabilitation, demobilisation, and normalising relations after the
border demarcation has been carried out successfully.
To the astonishment and disbelieve of most law-abiding people and nations, the
UK government have decided to reward Meles by tripling their aid for Ethiopia
to 100 million dollars per year. The US is probably waiting to be intellectually
advised by their mentor the UK before they decide to increase their aid to Ethiopia
ten folds.
The UN and AU are as usual waiting their instructions from the Whitehouse.
Are they really doing Ethiopia a favour?
Definitely Not.
If they don’t get Meles to accept the final and binding ruling of the EEBC sooner
rather than later and ensure that the border demarcation is carried out with
immediate effect, the chances are, (according to some analysts 75%) there will
be a fourth round of war and this time Ethiopia will end up like Somalia and
Rwanda possibly even worse. Whatever happens, the US, EU, AU and UN are responsible
now as they are responsible for the 30 years of bloody war that took place as
a result of their unjust arrangements of forcibly federating Eritrea with Ethiopia
in the 1950s.
Now as ever, justice will prevail, and the TPLF regime and their partners and
mentors are responsible for turning Ethiopia into another Somalia unless they
force the TPLF to accept the final and binding ruling of the EEBC and the rule
of law and give peace a chance. The TPLF regime must allow the demarcation process
to take place ASAP and genuinely work very hard indeed, to normalise relations
and fully focus on nation building and sorting out their domestic problems.
Against all the odds Eritrea achieved its independence after 30 years of military
struggle, by force, legalised and obtained international recognition after the
referendum in 1993 and survived the three rounds of TPLF invasion financed by
their mentors and designed by greedy, incompetent and criminal mercenaries.
God bless Eritrea.
Glory to our Martyrs.
Awet N-Hafash.