It has been crystal clear for a while that the West (U.S., U.K., Germany others) will not be of any help to the struggle for freedom in Ethiopia. In fact, they are fueling the repression with billions of dollars in assistance to the brutal regime led by their favorite beggar despot Meles Zenawi. However, Ethiopians are not without options. We just need to take matters into our own hands. In the following article German-Foreign-Policy.com reports that the German government is offering an expanded bilateral military cooperation program to the Meles regime in 2011 in order to serve its east African interests:
The German Bundeswehr is expanding its support for Ethiopia’s armed forces, despite persistent accusations that they committed serious war crimes. As was confirmed by the parliamentary state secretary in the German Defense Ministry, Thomas Kossendey, Berlin is offering Addis Ababa a bilateral military cooperation program for 2011, which includes the training of army and air force officers. A so-called organization for development aid is also involved. Berlin has been supporting the Ethiopian regime for years, because it has made itself useful as the West’s East African proxy. Over the past few years, Ethiopia, in coordination with Washington and Berlin, dispatched its troops to Somalia to overthrow forces displeasing to the West and committed grave war crimes, according to reports from human rights organizations. These organizations are also accusing the Ethiopian army of ignoring the rules of warfare in their repression of Ethiopia’s domestic rebellions. In his talk with german-foreign-policy.com, Dr. Berhanu Nega, who opposes the regime in his country, raised grave accusations against Germany’s policy toward Ethiopia. Dr. Berhanu considers the hope that the West would be helpful in Ethiopia’s democratization process is doomed from the outset.
Germany’s interest in Ethiopia and east African can be protected by supporting the people of the region to get their freedom, not by funding the parasite Woyanne regime that has made the region a perennial war zone.
Read the full report here.