ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has said its neighbour and foe Eritrea is “incapable” of launching a war across its border even as regional diplomats fear the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers has heightened that possibility.
“Eritrea could not risk another war with Ethiopia, because its troops do not match the power of Ethiopian armed forces. They are not capable,” Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi said on Thursday night in the latest rhetoric between the two.
At the end of July the U.N. Security Council disbanded its peacekeeping mission on the volatile border where the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a 1998-2000 war that killed 70,000 people.
The two governments intensely dislike each other and still do not agree on their frontier despite its “virtual demarcation” on maps by an independent boundary commission.
Both say they do not want another war, but keep their militaries on alert and accuse each other of fomenting tensions.
“Eritrea also knows the consequences of igniting another conflict with Ethiopia,” added Meles in a statement on state TV.
Because it knew it could not win on the battleground, Eritrea was trying to destabilise Ethiopia by “sending armed terrorists” into its neighbour and round the region, Meles said.
“As the whole world knows, Eritrea is now engaged in training, arming and dispatching armed terrorists to destabilise countries of the Horn,” he said.
Eritrea backs, but denies concretely aiding, Islamist insurgents fighting Somalia’s Ethiopian-backed government.
16 thoughts on “Meles says Eritrea “incapable” of another war”
-Chicken Prices are HIGH
-10+Million Ethiopians (Twice # of Eritrean) NEED URGENT FOOD
-Somalia War is NOT going good, more Ethiopians dying
-Young Oromos are on verge of supporting OLF & Independence
-Ethiopian society is becoming more and more lawess
-etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
YEAH, SURE…WHY DON’T WE TALK ABOUT ERITREA, MORE WAR????
Actually, I really don’t think the Weyane “Face-saving” statements are worth talking about. But, keep in mind; we are talking about a Weyane army that can not even defeat defenseless Somalia, let alone a determined, highly motivated and well disciplined Eritrean army! It is the rag-tag army of the Somali people that is beating the daylight out of the Weyane invaders in spite of all the surveillance and military assistance the criminal Bush Administration has been providing to the Weyanes. Add to that the equally despicable Kenyan government’s support of Weyane. The so called “African Union” mercenaries are lending a hand or two for the besieged Weyane army. With all these types of assistance Mr. Meles of Adwa has been dealt a deadly blow and is literary begging his western masters to pull him out of the quagmire his mischievous army finds itself! So, we are supposed to believe or care for that matter whatever the hell comes out of Meles’ mouth!
Althouth the truth of the matter is the other way around lets just stick to Meles’s another hoodwinkling! A- we know who were fried in the first senseless war, by some estimaters they believe nearly 50,000 Tgiryans and nearly 80,000 other ethnics (mainly Amaras) were slaughtered just to bolster the egos of a few weyanes and maily Meles, Seyoum, Azeb, Bereket, Sebhat, and Gebru Asrat; B- nearly 200 of the protesters that were slaughtered in Addis were mainly Amharas; C- nearly all the war casualties in Somalia are Amharas and other ethnic group while the Tigrans are watching from behind; D- again Meles is beating the drums of war while the rest of the region of the horn of Africa is tired of wars; THE FIRST BORDER WAR HAD BEEN RESOLVED, HE HAD BEEN ELECTED AS PM OF EHIOPIA THROUGH BULLETS NOT BALLET; THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF ETHIO-ERITREA IS STILL COVERED WITH HUMAN FLESH, ETHIOPIA AND ETHIOPIANS ARE POISONED WITH WEYANES ETHNIC DIVISION AND MISCALCULATION AGAINST ERITREA CAN RESULT….ONLY THE FEW AND GOD KNOWS AS TO WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE…REMEMBER MELES AND HIS STOOGES MUST BE DEALT FOR ALL THE CRIMES AND MURDERS THEY HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST ETHIO-ERITREANS- – NEALRY 200,000 HAD BEEN MURDERED DUE TO WEYANES CORRUPT EGO. What every Ethiopian need to ask for another Ethiopian would be: WHO WANTS TO DIE AGAIN INORDER TO SAVE MELES, SEYOUM, BEREKET, AZEB, SEBHAT, AND GEBRU!
Aite Meles, why don’t you try them (the Eritrean army)?
Melles and his cohorts are hallucinating, these imbecille Woyanne leaders don’t learn a lesson even from a bitter experience, who do they think are they going to fool by talking tough against Eritrea? They are after one constituency, they know there are a number of uninformed Ethiopians who are obsessed with Eritrea and will say anything to keep them dreaming an unattainable dream. On the other hand it is also a sign of weakness, the more they talk tough the more they feel good.
Things are unravelling for Woyanne lately, the Somali people have effectively paralyzed the mercenary Woyanne army and rendered them ineffective, the ONLF is beating them to the punch and the western media is looking the other way when there is a genocide going on in Somalia and Ogaden, the next place for open genocide is southern Ethiopia, I hope Woyanne will be too weak to commit another genocide inside Ethiopia.
I think this new “initiative” in the US senate by senator Feingold is nothing but a window dressing and in my view dangerous to the people of Ethiopia, there is no democracy in Ethiopia and there will not be western style “democracy” in Ethiopia, what is needed is the complete destruction of the fascist Woyanne regime and a united front government of all the opposition groups who are based in Ethiopia and not beholden to any foreign power. I also can’t believe that senator Feingold is proposing “dialogue” between Woyanne and Eritrea, that will never happen, the only thing that will happen is the complete withdrawal of the Woyanne occupation army from Eritrea, even after that there will be no need for negotiation between Eritrea and Woyanne.
“An empty barrel makes the most noise” to scare all what are around it. Meles is sitting in Menilik’s palace and does not know what is in the hearts and minds of Ethiopian peoples in the country side. The bombs are ticking and when those bombs explode, the Weyane army will be suffocated by millions of angry Ethiopian peoples. Always talking is easier.
Every time Meles wants to hide something from the Ethiopian people he has to mention Eritrea. He accuses Eritrea of supporting OLF, ONLF,EPPF, TPDM et al. If he believes Eritrea is so weak at this time and that constant flow of support is coming from Eritrea to ‘destabilize’ his government, what is holding his hands tied? The fact is he has been defeated in Somalia that will soon result in a premature withdrawal of his forces, thus Eritrea has to come to the equation to shift people’s attention.
It’s war-like statement.When does the racist dictator cease talking about war? Instead of war-drumming the dictator should have evacuated his army from Bademe,the uncontested land of Eritrea.
Weyane is a dying animal that is looking for good grazing field and water to quench its thirst. Ethiopians are facing starvation by millions and Meles is talking about war with Eritrea. The truth is he is looking for a national project to keep him in power.
A sign of losing control is emerging within the TPLF leadership. We Ethiopians are not going to be hood winked into another war. This diversion from the real issue in the country has gotten old. People have woken up. As the saying goes: you can’t fool people all the time. All the tricks of Meles is necked for evey Ethiopian to see. Mr. Berie welede’s time is getting very close to the end.
Yenatulij you wrote”
But, keep in mind; we are talking about a Weyane army that can not even defeat defenseless Somalia, let alone a determined, highly motivated and well disciplined Eritrean army!
I am not advocating about any war,but If the war start today
within two days Mr.Melese will be in Asmara… Do not undermine the Ethiopian army son. The Ethiopian soldiers have a choice to serve or to leave the army any time. How is your army ? Isayas shut your mouth for good.. How come you guys always talking about Ethiopia , Melese and Democracy. Nothing about Isays … Specially this web cite …I will give you a home work … why you guys still running and become refugee in Ethiopia ? The answer is very easy Isyas the mad dog make you run and pee on your pants, that why you guys running . well this is enough for today…
Long Live for the Ethiopian army ….
thank you
ሰላም ለሁላችሁ እኔ የሚገርመኝ ነገር ኤርትራውያኖች ከባድመ እንዳልሮጡ ዛሬ ያለ ምንም ማፈር መናገራቸው ነው?
ሶማሊዎች ደንበኛ ወታደሮች ስላልሆኑ በኢትዮጵያ ሰራዊት ጥቃትና ጉዳት ሊያስከትሉ የሚገርም አይደለም ለምን ተኩሰህ ማምለጥ ስለ ሆነ የኤርትራ ሰራዊት ከባድመ ተነስቶ እየ ሮጠ ወደ አስመራና አቁርደት መግባቱ የቀረው የጋሽ ሴቲት ሰራዊት ወደ ሱዳን ገባ አሁንም ሌላ ጦርነት የተነሳ እንደ ሆነ የኤርትራ ምን የኤርትራ የሻዓብያ ሰራዊት ብረቱን ትቶ እንደሚሸሽ ርግጥ ነው
Don’t belive what ever you hear in the media folks. There is no war going on b/n the two, and there will not be one in a million years. It is only a military positionig at the border with a lot of neck to neck frustrations against each other. Also,many of those young are fleeing or trying to flee from the gates of hell, especially those from the Eritrea’s side. So don’t tell me any of them are going to take the risk of losing many and winning nothing. Actually,a few number of Ethiapia’s soldiers are still stack to get out of Somalia. But almost all of its military positions that includes America’s weaponary aid are pointed towards the border with Eritrea. It is called a militaristic strategy,remember! And the PFDJ got nothing but blaming CIA. They are even more ashamed and powerless to defeat the tiny nation of Djibouti.
Have a nice day.
the prime minister’s comments might seem genune to ordinary ethiopians when taken at face value. But to vigilant ethiopians, this comment sends a very good message that the ethiopian primer is under intense internal and/or external pressure. He knows that the only way he can stay in power is by creating war situetions and thus is trying to provoke the Eritrean government to react.
As to eritreans,his message is null and void because we eritreans know that his message is not directed to us;-it is meant to deceive the Ethiopian public
We don’t have to look only at one direction, North,( the ERTREA ), also we have to take considration of the volcanic lava on which the Weyane army is standing. For example, the fighting in Ogaden, in Gambella, in Oromia ( Bale, Borana, Dambidolo ), in Beni Shangul- Gumuz capital ASOSA today the town is sarounded by heavy machine guns and tanks when the Federal police is in charge of that town. In Amhara kilil,EPPF is battling the Weyanes days and nights. In Afar kilil sporadical hit and run is taking place. So, Weyane can penatrate Ertrea by biting it’s teeth and victimizing it’s self . But in Ethiopia, the rebels and the HUNGRY-ANGRY people will over run Ethiopia like a floode within a short time. Today the Weyane army is not Ethiopian army, because they are considered like second class Ethiopians in the army ranks. Even it can happen that the armies will fight each others, if the case exploded. Already the armies are sucipious of each others. Conclution: IT IS IN INTERESTS OF ALL REBEL GROUPS AND OUR COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER AND HAMMER HOW TO WORK TOGETHER TO SPEED UP THE FALL DOWN OF WEYANE.
The idiot is fooling the rest of the idiots to back him up on the war he so desperate on starting against Eritrea. Eritrea is not jumping high because the idiots say so.