💯 “The TPLF’s approach to movements it could not suppress has historically been to find actors within those movements who could be cultivated, flattered, financially incentivized, or ideologically confused into serving TPLF interests while believing they serve their own people’s interests.”
This is just the start, wait for it, TPLF will force them to use terminologies like "western tigrai" instead of wolqite when they give press briefing to the media.
It is a strategic blunder by ENDF to let Kurmuk Fall. It will find itself fighting Egyptian intelligence and associated military proxies in Ben shangul if that happens. ENDF will need to be directly involved or it will be in very precarious position fairly shortly!!
The decision has been made.
The President, the Secretary of War and their senior military advisors become convinced that the air and missile campaign will compel the opponent to submit to Washington’s demands.
Get ready!
This is very interesting. Egypt is prepared to support efforts to get Ethiopia Red Sea access, if Addis Ababa can show "flexibility" in its dispute with Egypt over the Nile.
@TheNationalNews reports that a proposal was delivered to Abiy last week, and to the US.
The impending war in the horn is in the strategic interest of higher powers like Israel. Fanos are better served to hunker down, focus on training & rearming instead of being a tool for one power or the other. Fighting now will be costly. Timing is everything!!
#Statement | The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, together with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) express their strong condemnation and profound concern regarding the statements made by the United States Ambassador to Israel, in which he indicated that it would be acceptable for Israel to exercise control over territories belonging to Arab states, including the occupied West Bank.
No amount of propaganda or rebranding will whitewash this criminal. We will never forget what omn was airing at the time of hachalu's killing, it could've been Rwanda all over again. It is revolting to see some Amharas working with this Hitler wannabe.
It's really disheartening why @NeaminZeleke would retweet this crap. The issue here is simple, Americans celebrate independence every year, you don't see them trampling on the British flag. It's fine for 🇪🇷s to celebrate their victory, why desecrate the 🇪🇹 flag? Its just stupid.
One day Ethiopia will nationally honor Gen. Teshome, Col. Belay Aschenaki and all their comrades who died defending "access to the sea" an undisputable Ethiopian national interest!!
It amazes me that we still haven't got a govt that honors their sacrifice!!
The impending conflict in the horn is an extension of another conflict that is ripe for a showdown in the Persian Gulf b/n Israel and Iran. If ENDF is going to take action in the north, I expect it to occur in a moment when the conflict in the Persian Gulf goes kinetic.
Video evidence shows @AbiyAhmedAli forces destroying the harvest of poor Amhara farmers. Derogatory insults directed at the Amhara people heard in the background. @BBCBreaking@Reuters@AFP
7/7. Opposing a leader is one thing. Undermining the state in moments of strategic pressure is another. I hope we learn this in time. Otherwise, Ethiopia risks drifting toward outcomes that may one day become irreversible.
1/7. It’s getting harder to tell whether hatred for PM Abiy is clouding judgment or blinding some to Ethiopia’s long term national interest and the continuity of the state itself.
6/7. It’s disheartening to see voices I once respected fall into this trap. We’ve seen this before. Many of the same figures opposed PM Meles Zenawi when he advanced the Grand Renaissance Dam failing to separate personal opposition from national interest.