By Elias Kifle
The Government of Eritrea has no choice but to launch a diplomatic offensive as Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi is bent on effecting a regime change in Eritrea through economic {www:strangulation} to be followed by a military attack. Meles has set his sight, to the point of obsession, on installing a puppet regime in Asmara in order to complete his mission of completely dominating Ethiopia for several years to come. Even as famine is ravaging millions of Ethiopians, Meles’ focus is Eritrea.
Earlier this week, when President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea unexpectedly went to Uganda on a state visit, many Ethiopians and Eritreans were caught by surprise. Some have speculated [read here] that Uganda’s president-for-life Yoweri Mussevini is attempting to broker a deal between Isaias and Meles. It turns out that Isaias’ visit to Uganda is part of Eritrea’s diplomatic offensive in Africa to stop the United Nations Security Council from voting to impose further economic sanction, including a ban on its promising gold mines [read here]. The Security Council withheld its vote only after its African members, namely Nigeria and South Africa, expressed disagreement. In this regard, Isaias Afwerki may have scored a major diplomatic victory against the Woyanne junta this week.
Up to now, the Eritreans have unwisely left the diplomatic and political arena to Meles and his Woyanne junta. They also have not made a serious effort to reach out to Ethiopians to be on their side, other than occasional lip service. If Isaias and Eritreans redirect their focus from military preparations to diplomacy and politics, they can annihilate Woyanne without firing a single shot.
96 thoughts on “Ethiopia’s beggar dictator fixated on Eritrea”
Elias this is an insightful analysis. Great job as usual. Meles has been outsmarting and outmaneuvering Shaebia for too long. As a matter of fact, he even succeeded or duped the U.S. to support his Somalia invasion in the name of fighting terrorism. Afeworki has made a costly mistake of underestimating TPLF’s capacity for trickery and deceit. One thing I disagree, if I may, with Elias is that we Ethiopians need to craft our own strategy of getting rid of the Adwa mafia independent of Eritrea. Whether Meles and Isayas fight or make peace should not influence our strategy. Thank you for providing this marvelous forum for freely airing our views.
I don’t get it. What is the advantage of supporting Isaias/Eritrea for Ethiopians or Eritreans for that matter. Isaias’s fate sooner or later is like Qaddafi and who needs such kind of destruction to happen. With Qaddafi and Isaias even when you win you lose. That is a given.
If anything, the Meles Dictatorship is becoming a major political and diplomatic power house in Africa. His recent successful China diplomatic mission is case in point. He has earned the trust of the Chinese Communist Dictatorship and the West in general. If there is anyone that is going to transform Africa from poverty to a successful Developmental State as China did, it has to be Meles. Premier Wen Jiabao can see the depth of Meles eye to eye; Meles is at the top of his game, he knows his stuff, no buts about that. That is why Jiaboa is doing all he can to support Meles. Meles can make China shine in Africa and all big powers want such partners.
Meles spent decades of on job training, reading and studying with Ethiopian tax payers money to get to the level of where he is at now. He has mastered the art of diplomacy and has become a very competent world leader second to none. It is a pay back time for Ethiopa’s benefit now don’t sobotage him at this juncture.
We have to admit and accept that he is an asset to Ethiopia and Africa in general at this point. Just relax and forget Isaias (he is upto no good). Let us all benefit from the brilliant Meles leadership. He is the best Ethiopia has produced in our life time. There is no other leader in Africa that matches Meles’s capabilities today. Until we find better at least shut your mouse up.
Elias, live Meles alone for now; we don’t have anything better than him and that is a fact.
Elias
You still believe that Esayas will help save Ethiopia. I support the above comment. Please focus on independent strategy. This guys are crazy. Esayas has a deep rooted hatred on Ethiopia. His life mission is to see it dismembered more. Quit your obsession with this narcissist.
Eritrea is engaged in mining that was the news in Elias website yesterday and was a blessing in disguise for him to get a share from the gold proceeds. He is a mercenary that stands to undermine the Ethiopians on behalf of the Eritrean regime. One example to refer is “is Museveni brokering peace between Isias and Meles?” He has a problem of knowing good and bad due to lack of professionalism ethics. Elias, I don’t see any reason to call your website as Ethiopian review since you don’t represent Ethiopians. Be candid and call it Eritrean review.
Meles has outmaneuvered, outsmarted, and outfoxed not just Isaias and Shaebia but every one he dealt with.
Great piece Elias. At the end of the day Weyane’s “diplomatic victories” are really not based on diplomacy but rather their willingness to be subservient and serve outside interests particularly the US. Eritrea can make more effort at diplomacy but it will never have such “diplomatic success” as long as it insists it will not serve outside interests.
With regard to Ethiopia, the priority should be achieving national unity –a vision that most Ethiopians share and can aspire to. Absent of this, nothing will make a difference. With national unity, Eritrea may be helpful and if not there are many other options/tactics.
Elias,
Meles is also pushing the U.N. to block the 2% tax that Eritrean government collects from the Diaspora. Without that remittance Eritrea would collapse. Read the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group’s report.
I disagree with Nuru. Ethiopians need to come up with a holistic strategy that takes into consideration all the countries in the region and beyond. It’s foolish to think that Ethiopia cannot be affected by what is happening in Asmara, Khartoum, Juba, Nairobi, Kampala, Mogadishu, Washington, etc.
Elias,
you see how dirty you are? You are an Eritrean and has no a drop of Ethiopian blood. Maferya…
“Ethiopia will rise again when the people finally realize that they have been under indirect colonization for well over half a century,” is what my pastor told me the other day as we discussed current world events, and the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa in particular.
He was a civil rights activist during the 1960’s with a deep knowledge of history and issues pertaining Africa. He explained to me that Ethiopia has always been a symbol of independence and freedom for all Africans, be it in the mainland Africa, the Caribbean or in the United States, and part of the neo-colonial mechanics of exploiting and oppressing Africans had always been to deprive them of this very important symbol by weakening Ethiopia and rendering it famine and war raged nation that cannot feed itself.
By eliminating Ethiopia as a symbol of independence, strength and freedom from the minds of Africans, the neo-colonial powers have succeeded in their psychological warfare that was made possible by none other than sell-out Africans such as Meles Zenawi perverted by the flow of aid money to the extent that they have become instruments of their own oppression, destruction and destabilization of the Horn region.
It is from this context that we need to look at the current events unfolding in our part of the world. Just as Ethiopia once lived in the hearts of Africans as a symbol of independence, undoubtedly, today, Eritrea has also become a symbol of self-reliance in a continent where Africans despite their abundance of resources have been forced to live on food handouts from the very generous west. If a country of only 5 million can feed itself, and more importantly, can free itself from the yoke and bondage of aid dependency in a short amount of time, imagine what kind of message that sends across the African continent.
From the neo-colonial powers’ point of view this symbol of fierce resistance must be eliminated by all means necessary before it could spread like Mycotopia across the continent threatening the end of their economic exploitation. And in order to keep their hands clean, the neo-colonial powers have tools of destabilization at their disposal that had sprung up from caves of Tigray. We’re talking about Meles Zenawi who can’t even give answers to questions about the border dispute without first mentioning his answers were provided to him by low level state department officials. As the former US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, indicated on his memoir, the border dispute was fought on the international court arena between Eritrea and State Department officials. Even when mainstream media conducted interviews about the border conflict, the people who represented Ethiopia had always been whites. That is the “indirect colonization” my pastor was talking about, and he’s not far off the truth.
Ethiopia shall rise again. Freedom comes from self-reliance.
An Eritrean leader that fights for his country interest and sovereignty without bowing to outside pressure is much better than an Ethiopian traitorous and mercenary leader who is in a business of continuously slicing Ethiopia piece by piece to extinction.
Hello brother Elias,
I cannot stop saying that you are doing a good job. Yes, Isayas and Eritreans can remove the beggar-system of Woyane in Ethiopia through a diplomatic mission. But, Elias do not forget that we must be the main actors in removing this system because it will be for our pride in doing so.
But one thing is sure and that is: if war starts against Eritrea, that will be (because of several reasons)the last day of Woyane. Woyane is not the same one like in 1998 where it had much, if not full, support of Ethiopians. This time, Woyane is a naked one and it has even not that much support from Tigrayans. And the government of Eritrea knows this well.
After all, Ethiopians are not stupid. We are asking day in and day out to be told officially about the whereabouts of our dead children who, possibly, fell on the terranes of Eritrea during the nonsense war.
Once asked about our Ethiopian martyrs, the beggar Meles said: “those of you who do not get post from your children, take them as dead.”. You cannot say this to an Ethiopian mother or father about their kid who died heroically on the battle field in believing to fall “for the sake of his mother-land”. What would they say now if they would have the chance to revive for a minute???
On the other side, Eritrean martyrs are the most respected ones in Eritrea.
LET US REMOVE THOSE BASTARD WOYANE-BEGGARS TODAY!!!!!
Eliayas thanks for thes corect view, one thing you forgat to mention is that,Esseyas was invited by mussevini,It looks that mussevini finaly smarting up,And realize that Esseyas can help him out solving Somalis problem. And that is big blow to servant meles.
Elias, everything you say about sounds reasonably but one thing I always don’t understand with you is your lack of self confidence and your oppression with Isayas and Eritrea. You never talk about creating and supporting an Ethiopian indigenous organization. It all must come from and through Isayas. I don’t get it. Isayas is for Eritrea and not for Eritrea. He has shown it time and again that he will crush any Ethiopian organization which will operate from Eritrea and will become stronger. How many times did Isayas killed EPPF? When do you get it damn! Start believing in yourself just like the G7 people are trying and not always beg for others to free you. What kind of culture is it. I saw your father and he seems to be a proud self confident Ethiopian. Ask him he will never beg Eritrea to free himself. You have to change your mental setting and attitude and start to do the job yourself and stop begging! Meles is begging the world and you are begging Isayas! What is the difference?
I don’t agree with Elias’ analisis!
I think both dictators are good for nothing to Ethiopia,Eritrea,Africa or humanity in general!They have to go like Ben-Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt or in the case of Ghadafi of Libia (Yetenekaneke Tirs kemewlek ayterfim)! Elias what about the news about the 17 Ethiopian youngsters from EPPF who were executed in Eritrea several months ago?, by the way I never think any partisanship movement from Eritrean side will bring any succes for Ethiopia unless the dictator is removed! any way I wish all the best to our compatriot “Arbegnoch” wherever they might be! and now we talk about diplomacy for Eritrea? Inow understood why you haven’t posted my article “Stop Meles’ troops from gang raping even pregnant women in Ethiopia”.Thank you
Elias ante wusha you are sick and you make other people sick!!!!!! you make me siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!
I would like to ask few questions about Isaias, In different occations he used to mentione IGAD is usless he blamed as woyanese agent, Uganda is usless, Sudan useless,Djiboti useless Kenya useless, just ask him why he is now in a trip to Uganda? my second question is why for every failure of his administration he blames America ? including if the shabias general have a fight with his wife he blames america?
Yes Mr Elias.You did good and we Eritreans and Ethiopians are the one without this dog Woyane/Meles. I see light now.
Tazabi,
This is not a Woyane owned media. You through venom and appeas the mercenaries using their
media. It is sickening to know that people like you live in this world. Disgusting.
Cooperating with Isaias Afwerki to alleviate the problems of Ethiopia is something unthinkable (or which doesn’t make sense)!, in my opinion. We all know his history, what he has done to Ethiopia, he is someone whom an Ethiopian should trust least in this world.
#9. Mycotopia
Your argument makes much sense to me. All the things happening in the past few years are well explained by your discourse.
A sustainable diplomacy victory can be lost or gained from your own constituents or people.
Eritrean governemnt motto: eternal alliance with the mass and alliance with outsiders if profitable for the mass.
Chebude
An Eritrean leader that fights for his country interest and sovereignty without bowing to outside pressure is much better than an Ethiopian traitorous and mercenary leader and his croonies (only Tigrayan servant, Azeb Mesfin) who is in a business of continuously slicing Ethiopia piece by piece. All those who writes against you Elias are the sons and daughters including their parents who are the beneficials of the Meles Regime who deposited a lot of money in Foreign Banks, buying properties. Among the writers most of them who lives in London, US are their children who are enjoying life in Diaspora with out working or educating themselves. So why not they have to stand up for themselves by pen fighting from their little ipods.
May God give a piece of brain to the poor Ethiopians who knows nothing except tera sedeb. Dedeb Hulllaaaaa!!
Eritrea, Uganda seal “strategic” pact
Asmara keen to review its relations with the rest of the world
(APA) Kampala, Uganda – Eritrea and Uganda have sealed what has been described as a high level “strategic” pact to deal with a host of challenges plaguing the region.
In a move which many see as a way of ending Eritrea’s international isolation, President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea on Friday concluded a three-day state visit to Uganda during which he secured a commitment from his counterpart Yoweri Museveni to rein in the security challenges bedeviling the two countries.
Afewerki and Museveni also agreed to establish economic links to promote trade between Eritrea and Uganda.
President Afewerki, was in Uganda at the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni and presided over bilateral talks with on issues of common concern. The last meeting between the two leaders took place in the Eritrean port city of Massawa three years ago.
While Uganda regards Eritrea as strategically important to the stability of the region, Asmara seems keen to review its relations with the rest of the world. Analysts say the Eritrean government is increasingly weary of its image as a pariah state, living in regional and international isolation.
they say a desperate man will marry pregnant woman, but in this case eritrea is like a one legged pregnant woman with a bad attitude. so the question is why would any ethiopian would want to deal with that???
Elias,
The Eritrean diplomatic offensive started way back in the beginning of this year when Eritrea sent its representative to the AU headquarters in Addis, it is not something new that just started with President Isayas visit to Uganda.
Uganda is stuck in Somalia now, they are starting to realize that their soldiers are dying in that quagmire. Eritrea’s stance on Somalia has been consistent all along, Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respcted, no support for one faction over the other and involve all Somalis in a peace process so they can solve their differences and establish a united Somalia again.
Museveni is learning that Al Shebab is supported by rich Arabs and their masters who are and have been the main supporters of terrorism around the globe, the people of Somalia would not be ruled by these religious fanatics and could take care of them by theselves if left to their own devices. The problem in most African countries is that they are easily manipulated by big powers whose main interest lies in creating crisis after crisis and managing the crisis they created by having Africans on each others throats while the people are neglected.
Now it looks like Melles’ double dealings in Somalia are coming back to bite him and the people of Ethiopia despise him and are only looking for a united leadership to fight under, that is an open question for now and I hope learned Ethiopians realize the urgency of the situation and rise to the occassion.
response to tembenay.
I tink you are angry with Museveni inviting President Isaias of Eritrea. The anwer you need is simple. Museveni invited president Isaias because in the Igad or the African union he cannot find as a wise person with a brain and wisdom butmost importantly seriouse politcian as PresientIsaias. . what the Igad member coutries were doing in the bsense of Eritreais just repeat what the drug addicted meles was parroting. They only were a yes men to Meles’s lies and evil intentions instead of anayising the woyane faicated false informaion given to them by woyane and monitoring group. Now Museveni is fed up with Melesconduct because he realised that the deceit and lies of woyane were unbearable to himand taking him no where. Secondly,Museveni is well aware that woyane is not part of a solution to the horn problems but is the maker ofthe crises in he region, from invading somalia, killing and displacing millions of somalis by the actons of woyane which has caused the starvation of the millions of Soali people including Ogadenese, southpeople Etiopians. So Museveni have not seeing anything positive from woyne and as a result he has returned to the wise man- Prsident isaias of Eritrea for advise, support and partnership. Can you believe that what Museveni said in the press conference during their meeting .” Eritrea did not support Alshabab, isayas told me and I accept it because Isaias is an honrable comrade. prior to that Museveni said Isais is s freedom fighter who left his uni to liberat his people…and shabiya is a very strong political organization as ours.” so Museveni has weighted all the situatin in the cangroo meetings attended by meles and his cadres.That is one positive step for him and good for the region. Any head of state or government who listens to meles is sooner or later to find out that Meles does not have credibilty. Many ofthe african states have come to realise that woyane nota credie government, but a layer, manupulative and evil spirited who can maufacture false information to sell to his masters, the USA and the UK fr the money tey give him. Sudan was against Erirea, but after a while of they have come to their senses after dancing with Meles and forming a 3 party frenzied propogandaduring the 1999 at the height of the order war with Ethiopia when Ethiopia, sudan and Yemen axis formed a front to confront Eritrea. but it failed miserably after Beshr of Sudan and Ali Abdella of Yemen abandoned Meles and came to apologise to Eritrea. Their capaign lasted probably 1-2 years. I am sure Museveni is the first but many more to follow to abandon the woyane juntas propaganda. The kenyans now, am sure by now they have realised that woyane was misleading them.And they know aso woyane is war monger, bybiulding a damm in the Omo river and trying to starve the kenyans by drying thier Tusakana River and their livelihood which the Kenyan MPs have condemned mMeles and gangs as war thirsty.
Very soon Eritrea is going to visit Kenya and meles will be starved of disgruntled friends.
As to why Eritrea blames USA- USA was friend of Haileselssie to annex Eritrea to Ethiopia, USA was there o fight all the war to help ethopia against Ertrea including th 1998-200 war, . USA is th master of woane who pays meles milions to hisuder dg job and . That iswhy meles fabricating false information and USA making the decision on sanctions based n false infomation. Meles does not run thiopia. It is teCIA andCIA harms Ertrea via Woyane. Woyaneand CIA are the hand he glove to mae harm independet Erirea that does beleieve in sef reliance. Amricans have interest in starving people and then sip food aid. Erirea oppoes this and the woayne is their servant and that is why Eritrea blames SA on everythng that has hapened to Eritrea andmany countries in the world. Ethiopia is suppoted by USA because it is a servant country.
Iope tembenay you got the answeres to your questions.
Tembenay HaQi Enahaderet tiglex endiyou. The Eastafrican countries partcularly and the Africa coutries in genera are know comin to their senses and to understand that woyane government is unrliable, with no credibility.
did yu seethe news that South Afica, Gabn and Nigeria have rejected meles’s request to put draft resolution to the Security council in order to anction Eritrea.
Mny countries in theorldare also comin t ther senses that al the sanction mantra is te dream of woyane to see a poor Eritrea in order to help himself compare The starving Ethiopians by saying… LOOK POOR Ethiopians you are not aone … there are also starving people in eritrea.. thingslike that. Woyanes are dreaming to see poor Eritrea. That istheonly way, they can measure themsleves as successful, instead of by meeting the needs of etiopian people.
We Eritreans know the Tigrayans likethe Tembenay who is dead angry to see Eritrea doing well economically and diplomatically.
Th woyanes are unti peace, because in peace they are loosers, in war and famine they ca make business by deception and robbery. Peace for the peace loving people of Eritrea and thiopia people. Death to the woyanes nd their cronies and suporters like the tebenay.
this is for tazabi,tezbit,and zegeye you guys still walking blindly you think meles is good in diplomacy he is saling the country to gain support he is not good for tigyans either when time chenged GOD will protect them you don’t even know what is inside the people head that no one can control for short time.there for esayas never sold his country he will take but will never give. that is why the USA and others don’t want him there fore the obove guys be realistc or be ethiopian.
Both dictators have to go and replaced by a democratically elected leaders in order to have peace in that region. Shabia and Weyane are both mafia groups. They both stand for their own interests not for the peoples’ interest. They are cousines by blood comerades by deed. For us Ethiopians they are two sides of one coin. They both hate Ethiopians and work to distroy Ethiopians specially the Amharas. We have to stand together to get rid of these butchers. They outsmarted us in the past because we considerd them to be our brothers and sisters. NOT any more. They can not outsmart us after these, because we know the ins and outs of Shabia(EPLF) and Weyane(TPLF).
In Africa we have a lot of regional blocs such as:
-SADC Southern African Development Community
-ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States
-COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
-ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
-IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development
-EAC East African Community
Their purpose is to help each other for development,stablity & peace.
unfortunatly they are useless, and most of the time used for poletical gain against a member state to appease WESTERNERS specially USA.
If we look in these blocs there is American agent like Carson, AFRICOM…
Again unfortunatly IGAD failed to defend a member state SOMALIA against WOYANE adventurism, It is only Eritrea opposed the action, in protest they froze the membership of IGAD. Again unfortunatly WOYANE used the opportunity with the help of US AGENT in the region to pass
sanction against Eritrea. Now Eritrea activating IGAD membership, eventhough it is useless, but can defend themselves against WOLFS.
What it bothers me as an African, we don’t learn from our mistakes and we keep doing it again and again. We don’t need BLOCS, we need one name UNITED STATES OF AFRICA in which all member states can help each other for economy military and stablity, and take action against a country abuses the power. Togather we neeed to say no more AMERICA meddeling in our affair, otherwise we will continue to serve their interest only.
Tazabi,
hats off for your honest and through analysis regarding our brilliant leader PM Zenawi. We are indeed fortunate to have him as our leader. As far as I a concerned, I do not mind killing and dying for him, and I meant this serious !
The real winner of all this recent political and military outcomes over the last weeks is indeed WEYANE.
1) Al-shabab is defeated and has left Mogadishu.
2) Eritreas’ image has been severely tarnished by WEYANES’ diplomatic offencive. ( To the known labels of ERitrea, TINY, IMPOVERISHED & ISOLATED, “TERRORIST/AL-SHABAB SUPPORTING” has been added.
3) In private, dying ISSAYAS has promised Dictator Museveni NOT to EVER support Al-Shabab again ( which is OK for WEYANE).
4) The current stand-off between ERitera and Ethiopia will continue which is GOOD for WEYANE really bad for Eritreans, as it kills them slowly morally and economically.
So well done WENAYE/MELES !
Beware…watch…out ethiopians what ever Shabians said, what ever some of us ethiopians are against ethiopian government policy by the end of the day shabians wants ethiopian resourse to achive their dream of singapore. After all what is the reason behind the 1992 so called border war, it is open secret shabians wants to navigate in ethiopia as they want and steal ethiopian wealth, when they told no you are independent country even if we fought Derg in coordinatin and support each other the game is over here.
What about so called ethiopian opposition groups who advocate and some like Brother Elias chose shabian maniac (Esayase) as man of the year, it is obvious you guys are know very well the intension of shabia but it looks like you devoted to get power by any means as long as you achive your power hunger.
According to eritreian friend who got contact in inner circle of eritrian govt. the eritrian govt. planned revenge action on ethiopians specifically on tigrayans, their plan one is to send back to tigray all tigryans who live in the rest of ethiopia and confisticate what ever they have and lock them in tigray and commit shabian revenge crime (punishment).
The second one as i stated it above steal ethiopian wealth and achive sigapore dream.
Even if what ever negotiation, peace talk or any deal ethiopian and eritrian govt. reach , personally i don’t trust and believe shabians at all, by the end of the day they are after all messanger of distrution and hate.
Bye for now
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ኢዚህ አፉን የሚከፍት ወያኔ ሁሉ አየር ከመትፋት ሌላ የሚለው ሆዱን ለመሙላት እንጂ ሲነጋ ባንዳ ነው።
ይሄንን የሚከዳ ወያኔ ለአፍ ካልሆነ በቀር የለም። ስለዚህ ከወያኔዎች የሚጻፍን በሙሉ ወደ ቆሻሻ መጣል ይበጃል።
ኢሳያስ እንክዋን ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ለኤሪትርያ ህዝብም እንዳል ጠቀመ ሁሉም የሚያወቀው ጉዳይ ነው።በራሳቸው የማይተማመኑ እንድ ኤልያስ ክፍሌ ያሉ የናት ጡት ነካሾች ኢሳያስ በሚያፈስላቸው ዶላር ጭንቅላታቸው ደንዝዞ ነጻነትና ሃገራዊ ክብር የሚባል ነገር ማሰብ አይቻላቸውም እንጂ የኢሳያስ አላማ እማ ኢትዮጵያን ገነጣጥሎ እርሱ የሚቆጣጠራቸው ትንንሽ መንግስታት በማቅዋቅዋም ራሱ የምስራቅ አፍሪካ ልዕለ ሓያል ለመሆን ነው።
#2 “tazabi”,
Why don’t you come out and clearly say you are WOYANE? Are you ashamed? Why? Is it because you are all out looting the country?
Tell me one positive thing Meles is good about? There is none. He lies and manipulates his opponents, he lies and kills people, he hides famine, he makes false statements about the development o the country.
His supporters say he is “genius”, how come he couldn’t get rid off famine for 20 years with abundant aid from the West and the East? the truth is he looted all the aid money with his cronies, is that the genius you are talking about? What economic or political idea did he generate? NOTHING. He has bought his degree as the other TPLF mafia members, but he can’t buy intellect. He might be manipulative enough to lead the peasant army he was leading, but he can’t fool even them for long, many of them knew his nature by now. A PERSON WHO STEALS FROM THE STARVING IS ONLY CRUEL THIEF, AND NOTHING ELSE.
Abera M.
here you are Mr Elias
that how I know you thinking out of the box attitude your signature mark from the rest of the so called opposition websites.
Now you understand clearly the situation with Eritrea, what are the rest of Ethiopians going to do??????
The two cousins are strategic allies not enemies as some of us like to asert.True there is personality clash between the two, yet the relationship is can easily be fixed. All it takes is for Asmara to lobby some African states for negotiation and her request will be granted.Yes, Melese is using his servitude to the west as a bargaining tool to get what he wants. If I.A wants to prolong his rule he will do what other states do negotiate. He can’t expect to win by insisting on isolationist policy. If he fail to use this moment to reconcile himself the alternative is clear. I have said long ago if the going gets tough for Melese he will go ahead and dethrone I.A and declare his greater tigriA as Elias said above. It is a fact both governments spy one another ;it is even probable by now for weyane to have planted its foot within Shabia.Inother words there will be some sympathizers within shabia that will be willing to implement Melee’s plan. On the other hand there is already news that Southern Sudan might mediate between the two. I think it takes strong African nations who have leverage to mediate than Southern Sudan if the two ever reconcile. What is that for Ethiopians any way, as Tigist puts it? Ethiopians have to seek a solution by RELING ON THEIR RECOURCES, TALENT, and AND KNOW HOW.NNN
Dear Elias, i am hardly your fan but as an Eritrean and more so for the love of peace and harmony between Ethiopians and Eritreans should not be derailed by people like Tazabit and Tazabi teh same people in one coin who are hell bent of living in the dark days will bark..
As we in ertrea say While teh camel marches the dogs bark. Here you are while you are working some stupid ppl are still living in the dark days.
May god have mercy for their bullish mind.
Brother Eli keep it up let the die hard dergue, woyane and hate mongers ppl yqoretu!!!
Elias,
You have hit a nerve of woyane’s and some hodam’s that got no shame. Thank you for showing us (caring Ethiopians) to think outside the box and for the betterment of Emama Ethiopia. Yes why not work with our brothers in Eritra. It is true that woyane has sleepless nights the thought of shabiya.
We Eritreans have a clear view of our brothers (Ethiopia)but lot Ethiopians doesn’t have clear idea about Eritrea and Eritreans.as every single Eritrean is affected by war but not every Ethiopian,one thing u didn’t understand is we are the most peace loving people as we know the cosequenses of war more than anyone in the East of Africa.
Elias,
I am a bit confused by your analysis. Why would Nigeria and South Africa protest a sanction against a brutal regime in Asmara? The president of Eritrea’s trip to Uganda has nothing to do with diplomacy. It is a mere exchange of ideas for survival between two brutal dictators.
Do you still believe Shabia can help Ethiopians to overthrow the narrow minded TPLF regime in Ethiopia? The answer is a big NO. Shabia is as evil as TPLF. The two are two sides of the same coin. They do not want to see strong and united Ethiopia. Remember, it is the leader of Shabia who gave the Ethiopians a homework that will last one hundred years. It is foolishness to think Eritrea is on Ethiopia’s side. They have never been, and they will never be.
Many of the comments here are insightful except those posted by Woyanne rats who don’t know how to express themselves. Isayas needs to mend relationships with so many people, including his own former comrades who are now rotting away in jail without trial. Only savages jail people without trial.
It hurts to say it but in this case, we have to choose the lesser of two evils–Isayas.
Let the two ruthless dictators come out and hold their respected places at the battle field: Badime or at the port of Aseb. If Meles wins the battle, he will take Eritrea with all its ports and mineral resources and make Eritrea as one of Ethiopian provinces. On the other hand, if Isaias Afeworki wins, he will take Ethiopia and be the President of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Then there will be no more border conflicts and no more Islamist terrorists in Mogadishu. End of conflict and terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
Great article! Thank you Elias.
I dont know why you Guys blame Elias Like this Elias Is reporting what he heard :: I personaly dont want to see Issayas been taken out by Meles Zenawi . because both Meles and Issayas are As holes and both of them has to go . i prefer to see Meles been kiled first then Issays later .
Elias I like your unconventional approach to politics.
Who is the prime minister of Ethiopia? Elias Kiflie? PM Elias Kifle, his adviser Hamid Karzai( Almariam)? if his adviser had wisdom, why hedid not advise not to say , here is my formal statement: ” Screw yourself” you believe it or not. TPLF will stay more than you think. Definitely, there is preparation to finish shabia. That will be the end of the story of shabia, olf, onlf, eppf, gy, …. finito. Woyntie deki shirai are alive. They are awake. We have baby sat shabia for 20 years. Now, our patience has limit. Shabia will be thrown into a dust bin including Elias, almariam, olf, onlf, g7, eppf,… the end of the story. We have wasted our time managing many conflicts to baby sit shabia. Now we had enough. We will not regret. We can finish shabia and then we will focus 100% on development.
Listen Elias!!!
I have told you this and I will tell you again. You will never set your feet on an inch of the Ethiopian soil for the rest of your life. That is until your cougar financier in Asmara has you for a snack. You see what you refuse to understand is your idol Isaias has all finished eating up even his long time comrades and no one left to quench his crave for human blood. That was why we dumped him a long time ago. He may even use your life as a trophy to show he can do any thing with anybody. Poor soul you!!!! We have transformed our country into a developing country. GDP and standard of living have skyrocketed. Recently, the USAID official has confirmed to the whole world that there is no famine in Ethiopia. So what else do you want? You have denigrated the Ethiopian people. But our people are magnanimous and if you ask them for forgiveness they will kindly bestow that upon you. Otherwise, forget about coming back home. Not now, not for ever. Meles is just like a Messiah and we don’t mind if he raises anyone of his children to be like him so they can lead us after him. Look at Tigray now. It used to be a pit and a place where no one can be proud of except for some obsolete vertical hewn scattered on a barren land. And look at it now. He single-handedly transformed it into an industrial complex where peoples hands have become as productive as gold. So shut your mouth and ask the Ethiopian people for forgiveness. If you do that May God Bless You and Your Family!!!!
Zegeye you are a joker of the year for telling us Abebe or crime minster meles is outsmarting Isaias, for God sake he can’t even out smart me as an ordinary person let alone Isaias. let us watch the following link and judge for our selves if meles is really smart.as for me Ethiopia had never had as dumb leader as the midget tribal war lord from adwa period. he is disgraceful to the entire Africa.
Thank you Elias for tickling the tyrant and his deeply frightened off line and online running dog cadres. The tyrant is only a paper tiger just like Ben Ali, Mubarak and very soon Qaddafi, Assad, Saleh, etc. Only diamonds are forever while tyrants are for short circulation as always.
Just some 7 days before Mengistu was to pack up and run away secretly some journalists and cadres were predicting a century of Mengistu’s rule that is going to be handed down to generations of Ethiopians.
Meles’s fat belly cadres are repeating the same Dr. feel Good propaganda of the fools as if dictators have 8 lives like our pet cats. Why shouldn’t Elias keep supporting Eritrea even on the principle of “THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND?”
When Meles runs around, visiting West and vising East, collecting corruption money and secretly depositing them in his bank accounts by promising Elias’s, mine and other Ethiopians’ resources while at the same time vowing to prevent Elias from putting his legs in his own country then what moral, legal or any other obligation prevents Elias from demanding his rights and aligning with who ever he wants? NONE! አራት ነጥብ! :)
Elias even if I disagree with you on the point you made, the mere fact that you are giving Woyanne maggots a heartburn gives me pleasure. I don’t like Isayas because he is mean, merciless and tyrant, but if he attacks Woyanne I will stand by him.