Feeding Ethiopia to Lyons
Challenge duplicity where you see it and speak up against people like Professor Lyons who stand in league with tyrants and pygmy dictators like Meles Zenawi.
by Teddy Fikre dated: Friday, July 6th, 2012
Colonialism. Did you really think it disappeared a half century ago? Did you really think that Ethiopia was never colonized? Let me break it to you people, Africa is colonized more than ever before. Moreover, please stop bragging that Ethiopia has never been colonized. We are colonized to the core, we are enslaved and imprisoned by a corrupt political system and cronyistic regime that keeps our country impoverished and our children back home dying one by one from starvation and hopelessness.
We are colonized by multi-billion K Street law firms that keep doing the work of the devil as Meles Zenawi pays the PIPER on a month to month basis to lobby congress on behalf of the TPLF regime. We are colonized by lazy and useless mass-media like the Washington Post as they refuse to investigate the source of blood money right in the heart of Washington DC and cite supposed “Ethiopian experts” without asking pertinent questions like “is this supposed expert getting paid by the TPLF junta or does this supposed expert have business before the Ethiopian government”. We are colonized by politicians like Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, a hero of mine who once fought on behalf of the disadvantaged and was a Civil Rights lion, who now sends a congratulatory missive welcoming AESA One to DC even though her staff was given a heads up to look into the blood money affiliated with this corrupt federation. Most nefariously, we are colonized by “Ethiopian geo-political experts” who are cited as definitive sources as they go around white washing the blood soaked streets of Addis and in the process bless thugs and tyrants in Africa as they sit behind ivory walls at some of the most prestigious universities in America.
Let me introduce you to one such “Ethiopian expert”. Meet Terrence Lyons, a professor at George Mason University. I am not sure what Professor Lyon’s intentions are, for all I know he could very well be a fine and upstanding citizen. However, his work to this point and his judgment to this day makes me question his credentials and his overall ethics. I know Professor Lyons; I once sat on a panel on the Kojo Namdi show where we discussed the results of the 2010 Ethiopian elections. He came across as an intelligent man; however his stance on the outcome of the 2010 Ethiopian election disturbed me deeply. He is one of those folks who come across as a “rational and fair-minded expert” that use the guise of “objectivity” to cover up heinous acts. I know one thing, when it comes to issues of evil vs. good, there is no objectivity; you either call out evil where it exists or you are a part of it—there is no middle ground when one is making a judgment call with respect to malevolent and wicked deeds. Anyone who attempts to be “fair-minded” about Hitler or Pol Pot is just as evil and corrupt as the tyrants they are trying to put into perspective. Anyone who tries to leverage moral relativism to deflect judgment from tyrants is a tyrant as well.
Thus my issue with Professor Lyons, he has made it a point it seems to overlook heinous acts in Ethiopia and has time and time again refused to take an ethical stance and stand for a people who are oppressed to the bone. I have yet to hear Professor Lyons speak out for the hundreds of Ethiopians who were brutally assassinated and wiped off this earth in 2005 yet he goes around espousing the development of Ethiopia under the TPLF government. I find it ironic that Professor Lyons is a professor at George Mason University who specializes in “conflict resolution”. Is this what students at George Mason University are taught, to resolve conflicts by overlooking sinister deeds and ignoring malevolent tyrants?
Professor Lyons caught my attention yesterday when he was cited by an article that Annys Shin wrote about AESA One in the Metro section of the Washington Post. A lot of people call me a journalist, and I immediately respond that I am just an observer. However, Annys is a journalist by trade and profession. I know a few things about journalism, like for example, you should always ask the 4 Ws (why, where, when and what) followed by a “how”. You should always investigate experts you cite and find out what, if any, financial or other incentives those sources have. You should not be afraid of speaking the truth and disregard being “fair and balance” if being fair and balanced prevents you from relaying the truth.
To my dismay, Annys did none of that, she wrote a lazy piece where she portrayed the anti-AESA One and the pro-AESA One camps as polar opposites of a divisive issue and then turned to Professor Lyons to be the “rational source” and offered Professor Lyons as the voice of reason. I found this to be deeply offensive and a journalistic malpractice of the highest order. Did Annys do any research on Professor Lyons before she decided to bestow him the final and definitive assessment of Ethiopia? Did she ask him if he has any business dealings before the Ethiopian government before she turned him into the final arbiter of all issues concerning Ethiopia? Did she ask him what his affiliations are with Al Amoudi before she turned him into the Ethiopian God? Of course not, she did what all lazy journalists do, she most likely Googled “Ethiopia + Professor + Virginia” then decided to give Professor Lyons the floor because she found his name on the first page of Google. And of course Professor Lyons did the bidding and conferred upon Al Amoudi his blessings and praised him as though he was the African version of Bill Gates when we all know that Al Amoudi is the Ethiopian version of Bernie Madoff as he sells Ethiopia acre by acre to the West and the East.
You see this people; this is how the game is played. This is how Ethiopia and the rest of Africa is colonized. We are enslaved by lazy journalists, misguided politicians, blood thirsty lobbying firms, malicious tyrants like Meles Zenawi, and “Ethiopian political experts” who continue to deny the wicked deeds that occur in Ethiopia. My challenge to Annys is simple, stop depending on Google to vet your sources and instead act like a real journalist and do the hard work the way that Walter Cronkite used to. I will make your job easy, click HERE to find out more information, this is called a lead Annys, I hope you follow it to the source. My challenge to Professor Lyons is simple, please tell us what incentives you have and what your ties are to Al Amoudi and Meles Zenawi before you confer legitimacy to blood soaked billionaires and tyrants.
You see people; this is how Ethiopia is colonized. Anyone that has the power to speak for people has the power to rule the people. Why do you think that China cracks down on free speech and the media? China silences opposition and hides the truth—by extension they own the people! But this is not China Annys and Professor Lyons, this is America, please stop being lazy and duplicitous, speak the truth and stand up for the people or you will find yourself in league with Holocaust deniers. We Ethiopians are a proud people, we do not take too kindly to people who profit at our expense nor will we continue to lie down and let supposed “experts” walk all over us as they peddle lies and propaganda as they…CONTINUED
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Please email Annys and let her know to stop using sources without investigating their hidden motives and to stop using Google as her means of research. Tell her to be a real journalist and cover the full story, to actually investigate the full story and to get to the source of funding with respect to AESA One’s blood money. You can email Annys at [email protected]
32 thoughts on “Feeding Ethiopia to Lyons”
The saddest part is you are 37 years old, graduated from John Hopkins university and YOU ARE AS IMMATURE AS A 7 YEAR OLD.
The End.
so sad replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Momo,
And you must be a paid wayane agent. You are not even 1% of Teddy. He dwarfs you by milions, you wayane child.
Mamo replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Yes indeed, he does dwarf me in insulting people as “assh*les” and “mikegna.” These insults are a door into the mind of a hateful and condescending thug. Not much different from Meles Zenawi or Mengistu H.Mariam.
These kinds of hateful and condescending people should never be allowed to get to power. I intend to make as much obstacle to them as possible.
Meles Zenawi has the habit of acting all nice and girly to Westerners while appearing all powerful and condescending to Ethiopians. The very same thing happens with this thug. This thug has no problem calling us “Mikegna” and “Ass**le”, yet when he was given a chance to write on Washington Post all he could manage is cry how he is “colonized” by Annys Shin and Terry Lyons. Complain and cry like a little girl that he is colonized by journalists.
We have a problem. And I intend to solve that problem in the way I find it most effective: that is make the STUPID THUG kneel down and lick the dirt from my feet.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Mamo,
If you have a problem with me, call me 202.367.6429 or we can meet tonight at Habesha market on 9th St DC NW and I will show you that I am anything but a thug Gashe Mamo. I will even treat. Deal? I await your call eko::
Teddisho Fikre
ps it’s not fair that you compare me to Meles & Mengistu,people who were responsible for death within my family and me losing my enat Ethiopia….that is a lo blow bro::#Yasazenal
Mamo replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Teddy Fikre:
Go to google. Type Ethiopian Child. Then click on “Image”. You are no better than any one of us on that photo gallery. Stop acting all important. Deal with the hate you have in your heart. Don’t think you can fool us by acting you are working for us while you have immeasurable hate. We know you. You do not fool us.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:33 PM
I guess that is a no on my kitfo and tibs offer at Habesha aydel? I am not important at all,I am just one Ethiopian doing my part, I wish you would do your part too instead of criticizing me…
PS the majority of the pictures on Google image when you search “Ethiopian children” is of starving and dying children. You sir, the more you type, are revealing to be the root cause of that pernicious problem. Egsyaber yemareh! Le Zelalem Ethiopia, bertu bertu, tenesu, be Hebret Ashenefu::
Teddisho Fikre
OMG you are a great Ethiopian eko. I have been waiting to see young people who grew up here in good old USA to come out in grooves , and here you are. Teddy berta be strong, weyanes will try to push you down when that happen stand up and walk , I promiss you we will be right behind you . They might try to pull you out of the center , don’t worry you are serounded by my fellow Ethiopians. You might ask, well I was called names ,”I have been alone” NO YOU ARE NOT Elias have been at it for years.
Long live the Ethiopian patriotism !
Teddy, you are very rational and I can really admire the way you made your points by controlling your anger.
Let me add one point to you that you overlooked. The Ethiopian dictator is in power by stealing the people voice! This is a fact at least as it denied the US to observe the last two elections. These should have been visible to the so called professor/law firm before attaching themselves to the dictator or his ally. US is a country where people voice and human rights are respected without any limit! Surprisingly, they are from US and they are professors!
Thanks Teddy!
Ethiopian Lezelalem Tinur!
look att them, they look happy betraying their soul. what is going on with human beings on this planet. These people sell their soul for money, why? why? why?
Look at their faces, that little smile you see on their faces reviels that they are not honest, they are hiding something or they are not telling the truth.
Wayaney will be gone soon and we will se where alamoody is going to run.
Leave Annys Shin and Terrence Lyons alone. Both of them are entitled to their own opinions. Besides, I read the article; it is objective, except regarding the investment of Alamoudin in Ethiopia. The fact that a person is an Ethiopian does not entitle him or her to be an expert on Ethiopian politics. Conversely, the fact that a person is not an Ethiopian does not mean that he or she cannot be an expert on Ethiopian politics. Your critic is full of verbosity and high sounding. It is extremists in both sides of the political spectrum like you who are putting Ethiopia at risk.
Hann replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Annys=Terrence=Hann
You all are same, you sell your soul for money.
Hann replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:40 PM
You are so douchebag and lazy that you cannot even use a different user name to reply.
Any way, I do not think Annys and Terrence, especially the former, have sold out to the other side. You should distinguish between advocacy and investigative journalism.
I am in the opposition camp. But I am not as blind and irrational as you. I do not think wasting one’s time and resource on trivial issues like this one will take the struggle one step further.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Hann,
You know what else was trivial? The stamp act…that lead to the American revolution…. know what else was trivial? A fruit salesman being harassed….that led to the Arab spring…this too is trivial…but watch it lead to the ADWA SPRING! Be a part of it weyenes ke Ethiopia tegenetey yene nefse Hann::
Teddy Fikre
Would anyone of intellect from the Woyane side please debate me….i feel my IQ dropping each time I debate a TPLF Goon eko::
Thanks Teddy for the excellent article in defense of the Ethiopian people. TPLF is using Samuel Gebru to influence public opinion, but we have you, Teddy Fikre. There is, however, a huge difference between you and Samuel Gebru — namely, you are brilliant while Samuel Gebru is not.
My thought on your article is that, Can we forget Professor Terrence Lyons and Annys Shin since these two are irrelevant to our cause. Instead, can we focus our attention on President Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton who have been blatantly ignoring the voices of the oppressed of people of Ethiopia since they were elected in 2008.
I knnow you are an ardent supporter of Obama and you worked hard for his election in 2008. Will you still continue to provide your support for his re-election campaign in 2012? If you do, why can’t we focus on him and ask him why he and his Secretary of State continue to ignore the voices of Ethiopians while they run away with our votes.
Thanks you again for your brilliant article. These are just my thoughts since I beleve you can serve as a collective voice of all Ethiopian Americans.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Germognal
My support for Obama in 2012 is conditional. I am not a blind supporter of any man except God. I supported Obama in 2008 thinking he would usher in a new age in Africa and Ethiopia specifically. He has not done so, so in a couple of week, I will focus my attention on Obama. Lest you think I am an Obama loyalist, read below…
http://browncondor.com/events/2012/03/08/obama2012/
In case Prof. Lyons reads these comments, I just want him to know that many of us in the Ethiopian community would like to apologize to him for the mistreatment and defamation he suffered in the words of this writer. He expressed his opinion for which he has unquestioned right. Anyone can disagree with him. There was nothing “evil” about his opinion. Anyway, I hope you will accept my heartfelt apologies for the assault on your character, ethics and professionalism. I hope you are a man with a sense of humor and laugh the whole thing off. Please don’t be discouraged to make your opinions known in the future. That is what free speech is all about.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Mr. Lyons,
It’s not cool to use an Ethiopian alias by the name of “Dawit” to defend yourself ;)
Teddisho
Dear Fikre,
I have to tell you people like you who are loaded and driven with hatred can never be an agent of change. It does not work that way. I am not saying this to discourage you or it is not because I am pro woyane or it is not because I hate you. It is life experience. People like you have no what it takes to be a prime mover or an agent of change. you are very immature. I am sure you may find some people who fan you. I have to tell you with no doublt you cannot be an agent of change. Revolutionaries are charismatic, dynamic, moving, and open minded.But you are far from that. You condemn, hate, insult, degrade everyone whom you think does not do what you wish to see be done? You are completely wrong. I would not even consider you to be my friend leave alone to do political business with you. This is the reason people have been buffing you away. You are erratic, jugmental, abusive.
Fikre who gave you all the authority? why are bashing people as if you are entitled to bash people? To be honest, I do not know where you live, but in the place where I live? your type of people can be thrown into jail. You can not bash everyone like a mag dog? This will be counter productive; it will back-fire on you. You can hate woyane but you can force everyone to hate woyane. In a civilized way, you were not even supposed to hate woyane, you were supposed to oppose them for the good reasons you know.
Do you ever learn from the USA? do u ever see republicans insulting, degrading, bashing, condemning,… the democrats the way you do? You told us Ethiopians about Menkegninet last time? right? but you are inside it. I know you think you are all knowing and clever and try everyone to force to do what you like to do?
Even if I do believe Ethiopian needs change, I hope people like you will not those who go to the palace. Imagine, people like you sitting in Arat kilo? kkkkkkk. If you see Woyane’s history? Woyane succeeded by convincing, recruiting derg war prisoner soldiers. TPLF bankbone are the derg prisoners who joined TPLF after TPLF captured them. Do you think you can do that? Fikre, you will shoot them. Woyanes way way far smarter than you.
Let me give you another life experience, ANC of South Africa did not insult, degrade, humiliate, hate, disgrace,… the former aparthied officers or followers? You will never find a black south African insulting white aparthied officers or supporthers. Do you know ANC allowed aparthied govenment to continue in a democractic South Africa. And all the hardcore aparthied officers continued to run their politics. They went for democratic election. They had support from the white only. But the whites where only 8 million in a 45 million people. The whites could not reach out the black to get the vote. They won white areas only and continued to work. But what happened later? ANC convinced them to join ANC. Do you believe ANC welcomed them and aparthied high officials joined ANC finally and the party was dissolved. I lived during the formative years of new South Africa, I never heard any hatred against the Aparthied. Peter Botha, the engineer of aparthied, main actor, he was never put in prison even one day. He was requested by truth and reconciliation commission to confess. He told them he has nothing to say and he told them he is not interested. But he was left alone and he lived with dignity until the day he died by natural cause. It is the brilliant mind of black South Africans that saved south africa bloodshed. Now they are working together black and white. They are not blacks like us. They are white and black. They have no cultural, social connection except political and nationality. They are doing well.
But you and your likes, soacked with hatred, what can you bring to Ethiopia? more misery only. I promise you if you succeed you bring more misery in Ethiopia. It is not easy to grow up and to be wise. It is not easy at all. I am not say the regime is the best in Ethiopia. I am saying you much worse and I can see that easily in you. You are driven by hatred.
You tell us Ethiopia Ethiopia 100 times, but you forget Ethiopia is also made of the people whom you hate so much? what is then Ethiopia for you? Who is Ethiopian according to you? why do you think you are the only Ethiopian who cares about Ethiopia? Do you know there are Ethiopians who are much smarter than you? you do not ? There are many many Ethiopians who are much smarter than you and I. They just do not come out like you to degrade, insult people? But take note: It will be counterproductive even politically. No one is going to even care to listen to you. Anyway, it is not your fault, this is one of the Ethiopian problem.
Teddy Fikre replies:
July 6th, 2012 at 11:27 PM
Gezette…
Don’t you find it a bit ironic that you are bashing me for bashing Professor Lyons? You don’t see the disconnect? Of course you don’t, you are stricken by COGNITIVE DISSONANCE (Google that Hawey). Anyway, trust me broham, I am far more intelligent than TPLF goons,I have been studying their tactics for 3 years. Let me give you an insight into their playbook…. read below…peace …
http://browncondor.com/events/2012/01/05/of-woyanes-and-shabia/
Keep clapping for TPLF, soon enough you will be crying at their lekso (death of their ideology not the people for the record…
Sincerely,
Teddish “Smarter than Woyane” Fikre
Gezaee H. replies:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Only fools think they are smarter than anyone. If I clap for Woyane, it is my right. I am entitled to choose whom to support. You cannot choose for me whom I must support. You must not also talk about yourself. You actions must tell who you are, not your tongue. I know you now to some extent and I do believe you are very immature person.
I for sure know very well, people like you will not get anywhere. Do you think people like you can remove Woyanes? kkkkaaa, it must be a joke. You are a laughing stock-man. Woyane took 17 years to win the heart of Tigreans people to support them. Tigreans means their own tribe which you would expect they could get support immediately? but it took them 17 years to win the heart, minds of Tigreans and it did not took them any time to convince the rest of Ethiopians. What type of Tigreans do you think will join people like you? How long will it take you to convince Tigreans? Kakaaka, 50 years? then you are dead by then. If you are for Ethiopian, you need to rally everyone to behind you? but your ego is short of that vision. If Woyane was shooting, imprisoning, insulting, degrading, abusing the derg soldiers it held as war prisoners, they would not have joined TPLF. But TPLF was treating them far more than the way it was treating its fighters. It was let them go wherever they want and supporting them in whatever it can. What happened later? they refused to go back to derg and joined TPLF. Those who he returned? those who returned started working for TPLF as if they were working for derg. Do you know when TPLF was advancing from Tigrai to Wollo? they faced resistance and many TPLF fighters were killed by ordinary citizens. TPLF did not shot a single bullet and did not kill a single person. Although its fighters were killed by angry civilians, TPLF fighters accepted it as a blessing. They did not take revenge and kill any civilian. What happened? the civilian communities regretted what they did to the fighters was wrong. What happened? they joined TPLF or EPRDF. TPLF lost few fighters because of angry mobs, but it garned more army than it lost by not taking revenge.
TPLF had idealogy, and discipline and knew how to do its struggle after alot of experience in the 17 year struggle in the province it was based in. TPLF only became useless after Meles Zenawi hijacked the organisation and destroyed its momentum. Even after all that is being lost because of Meles Zenawi, you are way way war far far from Woyane Meles. They can be removed ,but not by your type. You are trying to control, manipulate people. You are an Ethiopian Al-shabab,kkk. Would you mind beheading woyanes if you get the opportunity? kkk, I am sure you would not mind? Leave alone Woyane, you would mind beheading the Professor you are accusing and character assassinating because you think he is Woyanes? kkk , what you are doing is called madness, not politics. Ato Fikrie, grow up,you are too too immature.
Jegnaw replies:
July 7th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Gezaee
“Only fools think smarter than any one” i don’t know about anyone else but Teddy is smarter than you are look were you are( ER ) and spewing your garbage.you should be thank full to Elias Kifle for giving you the chance to spew your garbage.do you know how many Ethiopian are killed by TPLF in Ethiopia for speaking the truth. like you said if it was you and you have the power to kill you probably have killed Teddy. but i am sure you already have killed all us in your tormented mind the only difference is you did not do it fiscally..
Jegnaw replies:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Gezaee
Why don’t you ask to be South African citizen rather than telling us what south Africa did or did not do. Ethiopia is not south Africa.in fact Ethiopia helped to liberate south africa and the rest of colonial Africa.
so Mr. gezaee you are the one needs liberation from your Owen toxic heat not our brother TEDDY FIKER. i am sure Teddy can defend him self but that is not the reason i am defending him cos he defends me Mr. Gezaee.Teddy is leading and Teddy is a leder to a lots of Ethiopians like me. so he is not Alon there are millions of Teddy Fiker out there,just they are not all visible yet.
Anonymous replies:
July 7th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
u don’t get it ato Gezaee, maybe he’s angry man at shaebia for breeding and bringing woyane to power
Teddy,
You have become the voice for the voiceless!
The professor is sipping the freedom in a situation that he does not know what it means living without it. Thanks to his fore-fathers who have devoted their life for such freedom which have become excess not only for him but also for us, the diaspora.
He (the professor) should know we are living
In a country with only one TV station serving the dictator not for the 90mil.,
In a situation that we can never speak our mind,
In a court completely manuplated by the dictator,
In a pseudo parlama stormed by the dictator 99.6%,
In government where torture and killing is prevalent etc.
Is it not a shame for the professor to relate himself with the murderor?
Please know that Alamudi spends in the diaspora his money to divide us which is a mission of Meles who provide him in a return land,etc, to be looted!
My Ethiopian fellows, Alamudi is equally responsibly as the dictator Meles! Reason- Alamudi coperated with the dictator who by no means is not elected by the people for a single time in the 21 years that he is in power by power, power,…! Never by the people voice!!!
We love you Teddy for your fight. you have a very matured reasoning.
Ethiopia shall see a government elected by the people!
Worthless Woyanes think they can get away playing the same old game to stay alive. When you tampered with the forbidden fruit you get what you deserve. Teddy is just warming up; wait until he gets hot and 1000 Teddies come out.
When you can surrender in peace why choice humiliation? A human mind is soft sponge, use it or it rots. There is no hiding anymore behind anything you invent to suite you. You commit the crime you do the time.
If you are rational you have the easy way out. Being pulled out of a rat hole you are hiding is not a pleasant experience. But again, if you are rational you wouldn’t be Woyane, go figure.
Teddy is on the target.The West is only financing dictators and killers like Meles but they also empower individuals who lie for and defend dictators. Some of the so-called experts on Ethiopia are fake and very much biased, with least interest about people in Ethiopia.
Dear Teddy
I read your article with interest. I get the points you are making and I just would like to share my observations.
Firstly it seems to me you are a polemicist and I guess there is room for one in our political discourse.
However you have to understand that our political problems are complex and intractable. We need what Dr Berhanu refers to as a “negotiated truth” as none us possess a monopoly on wisdom and the truth. I am not sure calling anyone who disagrees with you as weyane stooge is helpful.
It is also an insult to those who have suffered under colonization to equate what we are going through with colonialism. We need a sense of proportion.
Although I am of the same age as you, the very rigid and intransigent tone you adopt in your articles are a relic of the discursive tradition of the AA students movements of 60’s generation. I am sure you know they used to believe that anyone who did not subscribe to their very narrow ideological point of view is a traitor who should be eliminated. I do not need to remind you how that mode of thinking caused havoc for generations in our homeland.
Let me come back to your article. I respect your right to disagree with Prof Lyons view as expressed in Washington Post. I am not sure it is helpful to denigrate his expertise.
He along with Christopher Clapham are experts on Ethiopia. The most constructive thing to do would be to put your view to him and ask him to comment. Further you could have approached an expert who you think is more “neutral” and ask him or her view for a balanced view. I am not sure insinuating that he is being paid by the regime advances your arguments. If you have evidence that he has received payments from the regime then by all means refer to it.
So I say polemic is fine but is not enough. There are various constituencies in Ethiopia which need to be accommodated in post TPLF Ethiopia and just screaming at the regime will not get us there.
The struggle will be long and difficult. We need to take as many people with us as possible along the journey rather than alienate people. I believe that there is a core of die hard tplf members/supporters who are incorrigible. The others can be persuaded to change course and join the struggle because they too are not free. I just ask you to reflect on this point.
There is one practical way you can help. As a young Ethiopian American you have an advantage namely access to the American political system.
There are many people of your generations who have been able to be part of the American institutions. I ask you to target those who have been working as interns or in the offices of senators. They have built personal relationships with different American law makers. Instead of shouting they can quietly persuade as many law makers to join the struggle and bring pressure to bear on the US goverment.
It is just one idea and I ask you to give it a thought. The problem with our politics in our diaspora is because the leaders are old and disconnected from the political system of their host country they have been ineffective, so I say use the youth to help bring about change.
Berta
Respectfully yours
Sew Akbari
PS. By the way I liked the word broham you used, i thought it was ingenious use of the two words lol
Almaz replies:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
anonymous, I think it is a very constructive, gentle and great advice you have passed on to Teddy.
I see few extreme comments when I am on this site now and again. And it is ok for people to shade some lights on certain issues they agree or disagree. I am not too familiar with the student movements abroad or at home that took place way back during the time of the Emperor. However, your advice to tolerate differences, and tackling the current problem we all are facing in a very systematic way by slowly influencing the governments that support the Ethiopian regime is a very good idea.
I recall one commentator ” Shetaye ” advising the newly formed Transitional Council to ” speak to governments that support the regime in Ethiopia ” was also a great idea.
Finally, this back and forth conversation between mamo and tedy does not serve any one. Teddy is entitled to write what he thinks about other writers “experts” and we are entitled to criticize and comment on his comments, but insult comes from anger or hate (who ever is doing it). I don’ like that. And there are some readers who like what Teddy is writing, I have no doubt that all them including Teddy love their country Ethiopia and I like that.
I start reading articles recently from Teddy fikre I think you have the energy and power to be part of the change we want.
Keep it up bro
Fact: As there is tikur sew, there is tikur satan
Tikur Satan: may be Mengistu
Mengistu: Anchi kehadi leba satan part cherchari Phishing Scam ring leader of Potomasc.
Tikur Satan:What.
People: You are well known fear monger because of WooKaaBEE.
Don’t you agree ato Fikre that people should unite naturaly and in peaceful way, cuz no matter nations united by the help of outsiders, it still ultimetly be another colonization. I’m posetive you know that there is no free lunch in the world.
Our forefathers must have good reason for saying Silence is golden
Most of us under appreciate our right to be silence… Even a police cant force u to speak if u choice not to speak… American founder worried so much about the citizens right not to speak they force police officer to tell u and to make sure u understand your right Not to Speak even to arresting police officer have no power to make u speak…
What is my point? My point is Teddy give up his right to reamin silence and speak … Hence every one konows what is side of his mind…
On the other hand Mr.Lyons could go Kramer ( from Seinfeld ) and rant at Teddy using racial slurs, then what the use… Mr. Lyons know better in this case he use his right to be silence… And he is wining a lot of people to his side by not speaking same time silence is powerful..then speaking.
Mr. Lyons konows what teddy think… Mr. Teddy can’t take back what he said..on the other hand mr. Teddy would not know what mr. Lyons think as long as mr. Lyons keep his silence..
Mr. Teddy might not appreciate the value of being silence… The reason being Mr. Teddy have noting to lose by speaking or ranting…peaople noting to lose are very dangerse I also be a war hero if am not the one how goes and die.. Then I can shout every thing to the war front!if it is also easy to shout blood money as long as my family aren’t depend on al Amoudi investment for their livelihood then it is to shout blood money.
My last point is I encourage The government side to allow freedom of speech..look even Teddy knows to respect my right to speak on this website it make good business’s sense. Otherwise it will be very boring site just like Aga or Ben site.
Another advantage of allowing the opp. Party to speak… Like giving the rope to hang themselves.. In way the government saving them from themselves
Can image the opposition party saying boycott Ethiopian Airlines…when Ethiopian public see and hear them in his own eyes..it would be the end of opposition party…
In fact I were Ben I would have interview those who boycotting in fact I would encourage them to hang themselves by asking a leading question
Q 1. Do you believe Meles is an Ethiopian?
Q2. Do u believe Al Amoudi property should be nationalized?
Q3. Do u believe Ethiopia should go to war to get back Assab?
Here they try to be smart and they will tell u we use peaceful means
Follow up question what Ethiopia do all peaceful means exposed?
Q4. Do u believe oromo or any other group have the right to kill government army?
Q5. What do u think killing in Ogaden? Did ….LF have Justification try to stop oil exploration in Ogaden region