Woyanne cadres have started again to incite ethnic animosity in Arsi and other southern Ethiopian towns this week in preparation for the next month fake elections. The inciting messages that are being distributed by the Woyanne cadres include posters that show Atse Menilik’s soldiers cutting Arsi women’s breasts… Read more by zikkir News Service >>
19 thoughts on “Woyanne campaigns against Menilik”
So, what is the point they are trying to make by showing these pictures? Menelik is not running for office. Nothing changes the fact that he was a greate emperor. I am know some horrible atrocities were committed [I am not agreeing with anyone who says Menelik cut breasts, though], we need to look at the correct context. Can any one mention a single country in the whole world that transformed from a baribaric to feudal then into a modern society over night? Look at Britain, the U.S., Germany, Italy, and so on. They all passed through these stages of social systems. Can anyone remember the horrible atricities in Europe during the medieval periods? Just remember how men were fed to lions? So, is there anyone in Europe who always mention these atrocities [million times worse than what occured in Ethiopia] when running for office? I am not justifying the atrocities but to show the context. When we look back, we should look things with the correct context in a way that helps us build a more productive system. Otherwise, we lose track of everything.
By the way, TPLF murders childs everyday in Ogaden, somalia, and the rest of Ethiopia and wants us to believe that it is democracy. Pathetic!!!!!!!!!
In a tradionatial society many trcks can be done, for the label of conciousness is very low.Menelik was our greatest emperor who modernized the country by saving it from the scramble of European colonialism.
He was a pious, Christean emperor who didn’t have the moral to do evil thinges which are done by the Woyane anti-unity tribalist regime.Menilik didn’t plunder the resourses of the country to benefit his birth place, Ankober as Meles Zenawi is doing to Tigrai.In short, the propaganda campain is a smear campain made by the higherlings of bands of colonialists who Menelik had defeated at Adowa.
This is the mother of all lies ever told but not surprising coming as it did from TPLF hooligans.
Menelik II is one of the greatest statemen of the world who had left an indisputable legacy of freedom for all back people of the world.
Despite similar deceitful tricks in 2005, the great Arsi Oromos rejected Junadi Saddo and Minase Woldegiorgis and had voted for the UEDF and Kinijit candidates, respeCtively. They paid in blood when the TPLF bombed civilians around Chilalo mountain.
Ethiopians’ awareness is higher than TPLF cadres’!
TPLF has been running down Arsi-Bale as a revenge and out of jealousy of the region’s potential. TPLF cadres could say anything, but the people know who they are.
So, let us give our people the credits they deserve!!
Biri
The people of Arusi and the rest in the Southern part of Ethiopia are not going to be cheated by Meles’ old “divide and rule” false method. Menelik may or may have not done such a horrible thing, but the fact is that Meles is burying people alive in Ogaden and burning their villages while the old and the infants are inside the house. So what is the difference between his heinous crimes and the old crimes?
As a friend of mine said it, for the last 3000 years the Arabs, Turks, the Europeans etc. tried to annihilate us and our culture. But our Kings stood firm with the people of Ethiopia and saved us from outside domination.
Menelik our Emperor was the greatest of all Emperors ever lived in Ethiopia. So, the TPLF mad dogs could bark loudly but no one will listen to them, not even the people of Tigray. Meles the mad dog and his worobloche TPLFs cadres days are counted and soon they will be evicted from Menelik Palace.
By the way, I just received information from Tigray that Ethiopian patriotism is higher in Mekele, Adwa, etc. than anywhere in Ethiopia. This is good news, because Meles is not welcome in Tigray once we kicked him out of Addis.
We should be proud that we used to have a great king named “MENELIK”. He was the first African King who defeted the sophisticated European army. He was one of our heros who let us keep our country to us. If it was not for them, we wouldn’t even able to keep our names, our Alphabets, our calender, etc. Only the naives and the clueless are critizing Menelik. I am only 1/4th amhara but I see Menelik not as an Amhara but real Ethiopian. I am always ashamed of my 3/4th tribe, who chose to use the slave masters alphabet while we have a unique and easy to use alphabets. I despise those who critisize our Ethiopian heritage and our national language. It is our heritage what keeps me going where I am right now.
The choice between Meles and Menelik is a choice of a lesser of two evils. Let’s not deny historical facts here. Menelik has cut off mens hand in Arsi and women’s breasts even worse he exterminated 5 million Oromos in the process of occupation. And we all know what Meles is currently doing.
http://books.google.com/books?id=YEf4SJbLFqYC
Yes, everybody knows that Meles has been running against Menilek for seventeen odd years. The thing is he can not beat even a dead man. Looser.
Menelik had defeated European colonizer. There is no question about it .everybody should be proud. So many people not only from the north but also from the south gave their life .Stalin did defeat Nazi Germany. At the time Stalin killed so many of his people. Nobody praised him for the crime he committed to his people .deaf ting Nazi Germany does not make Stalin a great leader.Menelik was the first black leader who defeated modern European army. This was a great victory for black people for the whole world .but He did trouble things to the people in the south. There is no doubt menelik made mistakes .his supporter tries to make him a saint .make him a saint. It does not change the truth. The truth is as clear as the sun. We should learn from history not to happen again. Nazi woyanne is killing so many innocent Ethiopian. Defeating dreg does not give them the authority to rule the whole Ethiopia in iron fist. Everybody uses the same execuse.defating barbarian does not entitle you to be barbarian. We are not learning from history. We are stubborn. We are praising their deed. Anybody who makes any legitiment criticism treated as a traitor or unworthy.
Guys..As usual, Woyanne’s profession is talking such type of things and forwarded unncessary messages for people.That is their hobby-no worry! Woyanne EKO BETAM DEDEBE NEW..ATWEKUEM ENDE…ADDIS HONEBACHU lies since Chaka
To me the main cause why Meles Seitanawi is waging war to denigrate the name of Emperor Menelik II is based on ethnical revenge on what Menelik II did to Emperor Johannes IV. Emperor Johannes was from Tigray, and Menelik II was from Showa. When Emperor Johannes IV was fighting against the dervishes at Metema, he was expecting Menelik to join him in the battle field against the Muslim invaders and to protect the boundaries of Ethiopia, but unfortunately, Menelik had his own selfish thought that he wanted Emperor Johannes to be killed at Metema so that Menelik could be the sole emperor of Ethiopia. Menelik was right, and he got what he wanted; Emperor Johannes IV was killed at Metema on May 10, 1888 by the hands of the Sudanese. Had Menelik gone down to Metema and helped Emperor Johannes, Johannes would not have died, and Menelik could not have been king as far as King Johannes was alive. What is Meles doing now is simple revenge for his native son – Emperor Johannes IV. To Meles, Emperor Menelik II is a traitor and his history and his family should be destroyed completely, and the history of Emperor Johannes IV should be told as a history a of heroic man who sacrificed his life for the territorial integrity of Ethiopia.
Arif, there is a huge difference between historical fact and fabricated lies. What you are doing is repeating fake numbers. The 5 mill figure is laughable. Cutting human hands and breasts is also a fabricated lie. It is meant to inculcate a victim mentality among people like you. It is a strategy to plant a sense of exaggrate grievance among people who dare not question the things that they are told by sinister tacticians. There is absolutely no evidence that backs up the stories that you guys keep circulating around and around. Get rid of your victim mentality and look forward. Menilk is dead a 100 years ago and for all the things he did right and wrong there were thousands who supported him. Among these were men who spoke your language, mine, and yes that of Meles’. Did you know that more than 10,000 of Yohanes’ army joined Menilek’s after the Battle of Matama? Did you know that the majority of the rank and file in Menilek’s army and some of the well known generals were in fact Oromo? I am mentioning this not because the story is so much relevant to what you and I should do now. It is simply to show you that history is full of contested facts and interpretations. We don’t have to tie our hands with contested stories or else we are doomed to repeat them. We can only learn from them and think better. The future has to be different.
I have heard that Menelek II himself had an Oromo mother. Please don’t shout every now and then. It is true that Menelek and his soldiers have done many evil things. But could any of you name a leader with clean hands in his reign? I am sure the Oromos were also killing thousands of highlands during their expansion from the south to the central and northern part of Ethiopia some five hundred years back during the time of the Muslim invader so called “Gragn Ahmed”. I am wondering why no body is raising this issue while crying about Menelek, haile Selassie, Mengistu and Meles. Lets be sensible!
AG
Dear Aychew, king minilik hayilamelekote’s mather w/ro egiyahu was an oromo. 100% KING MINILIK had an oromo blood. let all bloody criminals are crying. NOT ONLY ATSE MINILIK’S WAS AN OROMO, BUT ALSO ALMOST HIS SOLDIERS WERE AN OROMOS. when ATSE minilik ESCAPED FROM GONDER AND ARRIVED IN SHOA , HIS UNCLE FOUGHT AGAINST HIM, BUT THE SHOA OROMOS SUPPORTED TO ATSE MINILIK AND CROWNED HIM AS A KING OF SHOA. WHEN atse minilik returned from gonder to shoa , there was no a single amhara’s soldier. they were only oromo. atse minilik went to harar or arusi with his oromo’s soliers. plus, who is killing now an innocent oromos and who is jailing now? are not TPLF’s servant with oromo’s blood?who killed tesfaye in arusi, who was ran for parialment and won? of cource opdo ‘s cadres.ATSE minilik had done all what he could . TEL, RAIL WAY, POST OFFICE, HOTEL, SCHOOL, NEW PAPER, ALL THESE ARE THE OUT COMES OF HIS HARD WORK. KING MINILIK HAD STOPPED SLAVE TRADE IN THE FIRST TIME IN ETHIOPIA. BUT NOW WEYANES ARE SELLING OUR GIRLS FOR ARROGANT ARABS.
I am not only surprised by the number 8 comment above but dissapointed. I could not believe to exist such a person to be an Ethiopian; He may not even be one of Weyanes aiming to generat hetrade among the people. Let alone an Ethiopain with a minimum commonsense, thew brutal Weyane will not have such assertions, because nobody will believe him. Before I give my comment I would like to ask the individual a simple question. How can you be sure that there were more than 5 million Oromos living at the time of King Menelik? I doubt if the Ethiopian population as a whole has reached that much. Does he realy know what he is saying?
As far as I know, the Oromos had been the closest and respected people for Menelik. Do you rewmeber who Ras Gobena Datew was? As a matter of fact there has never been a racist leader not even the brutal Mengistu, until the advent of the evil bred Weyane. My conclusion is that you are either a short sighted Weyane or a misguided instrument of Weyane. You could try anything but we will remain undevided.
Let the almighty God protect that great counrty from confused and short sighted enemies like this one. Weyane and his evil motif will perish.
የድሮ:ታሪክን:አሁን:ገልብጠን:ካሁኑ:ካለዉ:ታሪክ:
ጋር:ብናዛምደዉ:ትልቅ:የዘር:ማጥፋት:ወንጀል:
ይፈጸማል:ብዮ:አስባለሁ: የሚጠፋዉም:ያዉ:
የተለመደው:ድሀ:ህዝብ:ለመሆኑ:ምንም:ጥርጥር:
የለዉም:ጀርመን:ጃፓን:ጣልያን:ቱርኮች: ወዘተ የተወሰኑ:
ግለሰቦች:ባጠፉት:የሃገሩ:ህዝብ:በሙሉ:
አልተቀጣም:ሚንይልክም:ቢሆኑ:ካጠፉ:ታሪክ:ላይ:
ተጽፎ:ለወደፊት: ትልቅ:ትምህርት:ይሆናል:ማለት:
ነዉ: በምንይልክ: አስተዳድር:ላይ:ችግር:ያለበት:ስዉ:
ካለ:ለሁላችንም:ቢያስተምረን:ጥሩ:ይመስለኛል:
ስድብ:ተሳደቡ:ለሚባለዉም:ክሆነ:ወደታች:ዝቅ:
ብዮ:ይቅርታ:ከመጠየቅ:አልቆጠብም::በአሁኑ:ሰአት;
ታሪካቸዉን:ለማጥፋት:የሚታገለዉ:መንግስት:
የራሱን:ታሪክ:ስለማያዉቅ:ይመስለኛል::
መለሰም:ቢሆን:በአሁኑ:ሰአት: የሚለዉን ከታሪክ:
ጋር:በማያያዝ: አሰቀምጨዋለሁ::
መለስ ለብቻዉ:ሲያንጎራጉር;;;;
የዘንድሮዉ:ነገር: በጣሙን:ቀንቶኛል;
ባልም:ቆላ:ወርዶ:ውሻዉም:ለምዶኛል:
አባባ:እያለ:ልጁም:ይስመኛል;
እንደዉ:ቅብርር:ቅብርር:ጅንን:ያረገኛል::
ከሚል:መሪ:ምንም:መጠበቅ:አያስፈልግም::
አመሰግናለሁ…..
አሪፍ: ወንጀሉን:ዘርዝረህ:ጽፈሀል::ስለዚህ:ምንይልክ
ለሰሩት:ወንጀል:ቅጣቱንም:ዘርዝረህ:ብትጽፍ:ደስ:
ይለኛል:አትፍራ::ለአንዴም:ለመጨረሻም: ንገረን::
ሕዝቡ:ምን:ያርግ:ነዉ:የምትለዉ?
አመሰግናለሁ
Atse Menilike had his good and bad, like every other leader the country ever had. The issue arises when some attempt to construct minilike as a saint, that may not be a problem if your a christan amhara but others who where forcibly and bloody subjugated under minlike have every right not to share their neighbors sentiments. Its the same with atse yohannes, and atse tewdros. What we need to do is place criticizim where criticizim is due and praise where praise is due. Its the only way we can see eye to eye on minlike and all other issues.