As Ethiopia and Eritrea edge toward another conflict, refugees in a border camp are watching with trepidation. An on-scene report from Shimelba.
Comment: I don't know when Africans are going to unite. War can only make us poor . We have to look at what europeans are doing . They are now joining in hands to fight common problems . The quality of life of a european is much better than what it was 20 years ago . In africa a few countries have managed to do that . I do not not think i will live to see that . I just hope and wish my grandchildren will see a united africa .
Comment: Its only funny how our African leaders spend most of their time accusing each other and justifying the use of war. I don't know when and how we are going to learn that war will only but make us poor . Some say history teaches us to shape our future and and decide better .Europeans fought the first and second world war . This made them realize that war only but causes misery, poverty and regression of quality of life. Thihhhhhhhthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhthere are now joining
Comment: As you are already well aware of the Eritrean government is the most evil government in the world. I am Eritrean most of the above is true and genuine Eritreans are prisoners in their own homeland, and we are looking forward the Eritrean government to be toppled soon. However we will not allow any illegal occupation as in your report "Landlocked Ethiopia might also try to grab the Eritrean port of Assab." We will not allow even one meter square of land from our international boarders. But we would like to have good friendship and cooperation with our neighbour Ethiopia for mutual Interest in future.
Eritrean from the UK
Comment: As you are already well aware of the Eritrean government is the most evil government in the world. I am Eritrean most of the above is true and genuine Eritreans are prisoners in their own homeland, and we are looking forward the Eritrean government to be toppled soon. However we will not allow any illegal occupation as in your report "Landlocked Ethiopia might also try to grab the Eritrean port of Assab." We will not allow even one meter square of land from our international boarders. But we would like to have good friendship and cooperation with our neighbour Ethiopia for mutual Interest in future.
Eritrean from the UK
Comment: what breas lines in Asmara -the newsweek should be carful not to send such misinformation there is nothing true to this ,i was there 2 weeks ago, the difference between Asmara and Addis Abba is obvious Asmara has few beggars, and no pocket thiefs, and crimes like is Addis Abba , prostitution does not exist in Asmara ,except for an occasional Ethiopian prostitute that has made it to Asmara.Eritrea is an indepedent nation accepted by the UN, And any attack is a crime due to Ethiopias, this kind of journalism is childish
Sincerly
Per Ni
Comment: What bread lines in Asmara I just came back from there? Newsweek report is very false, and biased, actually Eritrea people was so happy to get rid of ethiopians as they brought prostitution and many bad habits, if Bush is going to support Ethiopia in it war on Eritrea he has gone completly mad
Comment: I used to respect your journalist for objective analysis of many situation. This article's main sole purpose is to discredite and allege the Eritrian Government. I am Eritearean and I know we have problems, and criticize some of their policy, but the government is not irresponsible and evil as it is depicted in this article. This article lost its credibilty as a propaganda from Ethiopia and America. Dawit Ameche
Comment: all i wona say is ,i am really sick of those blatant Eritrean writers who wants to live by lie,dream and illussins.
hence just tell them to live by thier own sweats and realize facts,they are running out of time.
Comment: What I don???t understand is that how on the earth could news week publish this kind of rubbish. Are you really journalist? Where do you get your facts? From the street?
As the whole world know it by now, the final and binding decision of the EEBC( Eritrean Ethiopian Border commission) is fully accepted by the government of Eritrea. It???s the Ethiopian government which refuses and seeking for alternate solutions. You should do your homework before writing your ignorant article.
As a journalist (if you are one) you should do some researches before you criticize a nation which is on the struggle for development on its own. Developing its internal capacity and breaking through the vicious circle of dependency. Its true Eritrea faces a tough time at present due to the obstacles made by the US policy makers and the TPLF. Despite that, the GoE and the people of Eritrea are determined to create a nation which is free from aid and dependency.
As a journalist you should know that one makeshift camp in Ethiopia couldn???t tale the situation in Eritrea.
Comment: What I don???t understand is that how on the earth could news week publish this kind of rubbish. Are you really journalist? Where do you get your facts? From the street?
As the whole world know it by now, the final and binding decision of the EEBC( Eritrean Ethiopian Border commission) is fully accepted by the government of Eritrea. It???s the Ethiopian government which refuses and seeking for alternate solutions. You should do your homework before writing your ignorant article.
As a journalist (if you are one) you should do some researches before you criticize a nation which is on the struggle for development on its own. Developing its internal capacity and breaking through the vicious circle of dependency. Its true Eritrea faces a tough time at present due to the obstacles made by the US policy makers and the TPLF. Despite that, the GoE and the people of Eritrea are determined to create a nation which is free from aid and dependency.
As a journalist you should know that one makeshift camp in Ethiopia couldn???t tale the situation in Eritrea.
Comment: What I don???t understand is that how on the earth could news week publish this kind of rubbish. Are you really journalist? Where do you get your facts? From the street?
As the whole world know it by now, the final and binding decision of the EEBC( Eritrean Ethiopian Border commission) is fully accepted by the government of Eritrea. It???s the Ethiopian government which refuses and seeking for alternate solutions. You should do your homework before writing your ignorant article.
As a journalist (if you are one) you should do some researches before you criticize a nation which is on the struggle for development on its own. Developing its internal capacity and breaking through the vicious circle of dependency. Its true Eritrea faces a tough time at present due to the obstacles made by the US policy makers and the TPLF. Despite that, the GoE and the people of Eritrea are determined to create a nation which is free from aid and dependency.
As a journalist you should know that one makeshift camp in Ethiopia couldn???t tale the situation in Eritrea.
Tsinat
Comment: This article could not be further from the truth. First of all, Eritrea has from the beginning respected and adhered to the border ruling. Since the ruling awards the disputed town to Eritrea ( as it is rightfully part of eritrea), all Eritrea can do is wait for Ethiopia who currently ocuppies the town to hand it over...or take it by force. Thus your entire point that neither side is accepting the ruling is completly false.
As far as the US putting pressure on Ethiopia to cease fire if a war was to brake out is false also. The US has been one of few western coutries that has with a complete lack of repect for truth sided with Ethiopia in this dispute and has gone as far as to provide financial suipport to its "allay" during the conflict knowing very well that those funds would be used to purchase arms.
Eritrea has defended itself against a foreign invading army...which it has every right to do. For you as an objevtive reporter to leave out the points mentioned above and its relevence to this peace shows the complete lack of knowledge or care about the truth when it comes to Eritrea.
Comment: Hi wedi agame, all people needs to live in peace, it is the polititians bringing the trouble to the people
hope nothing will happen, if it happens, the poor people will die, and nothing happens to the polotitians
y.m.
Comment: "Better to be seen proudly standing in respectable homegrown queue lines" is actually the title of an article written by an Eritrean American residing in the USA and not press release by the Ministry of Information of Eritrea. For your reading pleasure, I will complete the above quote: Better to be seen proudly standing in respectable homegrown queue lines than to chasing after convoys carying discarded forein food aid. I personnaly don't give a lot of importance to your article. Don't try to lecture others on INDEPENDENT MEDIA. We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune". By the way Eritrea has refused to BEG, unlike its neighbor in the South. With the 11 percent growth, Ethiopia will still keep on begging, for many, many years to come.to come
Comment: Ethiopia is already in war with somalia insurgents ,l dont think the war will started
Comment: i dont think the war will started b/n eritrea and ethiopia !! we ethiopians offer a politica for the ppl of somalia not for eritrea ! it is the ppl of eritrea to to bury the body of -----------, we arent obliged to offer demokracy for the small horn nation , 5million, 300000soliders , and crazy ppls , day and night singing about war and ethiopia
we ethiopians want to live with the ppl of somalia and south sudan and kenya . we absolutely dont want to
hear th
Comment: Ethiopia is already in war with somalia insurgents ,l dont think the war will started
Comment: Lately I have noticed more than usual news articles on the Ethio/Erit conflict. As an Eritrean American, I have followed this non-sense conflict since the conflict began. The latest barge of news article on western news media suggests imminent war, sadly. This conflict lingers only for one reason: because Ethiopia with the backing of the US government refused to comply with a 'final and binding' court ruling. The irony of all this is, while the U.S.--my government mind you-- provides financial and material support to a country that has no respect for rule of law, next door in the Sudan, the U.S. is backing a treaty between the Southerners and Northerners--possibly Darfur, too--. Now that that treaty is faltering, no wonder, the U.S. will attempt twist Northerners hand to implement it. Good luck! The only precedent in the Horn of Africa the US is an accomplice: respect no law, and break all treaties.
Comment: I am not sure if Jason Mclure's article on Eritrean refugees"Waiting for war" was intent to bring forth the agony of uncertainity the refugees are living in or to serve as a moral boost to the Ethiopian army as it's threatning to wage a war on Eritrea. His report on the current Eritrea's affair, while some may be true, is filled with misinformation and Ethiopian propaganda to demonize and discredit Eritrean leadership at the highest level. He's missing the core meaning of true journalism: to be neutral. One can't help but wonder why Mr. Mclure stopped short at the refugee camp Shimemba and not visited to the thousands of Eritrean civilians living at make shift camp and in a horrible condition because Ethiopia refused to abide by the international rulings and allow for border demarcation to take place? Thanks God to the internet people can have accurate information on what's really going on anywhere in the world and make judgements and not have to wait to be fed with biased reports.
Comment: I am not sure if Jason Mclure's article on Eritrean refugees"Waiting for war" was intent to bring forth the agony of uncertainity the refugees are living in or to serve as a moral boost to the Ethiopian army as it's threatning to wage a war on Eritrea. His report on the current Eritrea's affair, while some may be true, is filled with misinformation and Ethiopian propaganda to demonize and discredit Eritrean leadership at the highest level. He's missing the core meaning of true journalism: to be neutral. One can't help but wonder why Mr. Mclure stopped short at the refugee camp Shimemba and not visited to the thousands of Eritrean civilians living at make shift camp and in a horrible condition because Ethiopia refused to abide by the international rulings and allow for border demarcation to take place? Thanks God to the internet people can have accurate information on what's really going on anywhere in the world and make judgements and not have to wait to be fed with biased reports.
Comment: "Eritrea's ministry of information, which controls the media, has taken to issuing press releases with titles like "Better to Be Seen Proudly Standing in Respectable Homegrown Queue Lines.""
If you google the same article the journalist is talking about, at the beginning the article will indicate the fact that its a commentary quite clearly in response to a NY Times article. Although published on the Eritrean Ministry of Information site, at the end of the article the disclaimer says: "The views expressed in the commentary section of Shabait.com do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry of Information of the State of Eritrea. The writer contributed this article and bears sole responsibility for its contents." A far cry from what is been called here a 'press release'.
Comment: a good sign for the demented is to mix reality and wishful thinking. Ethiopia is on the verge of collape. Why? when a tyrant loses confidence and statrts killing indiscrimainately his own people, the end is in sight. What is is happaning in Ethiopia is hundreds of times worse than what some say about Eritrea. When I say this I don not intend to condone any act of bad governence- Eritrea should clean its acts; but I sometimes wander whether people in some quarters think they can fool the world by hiding the obvious in Ethiopia just because it tows the line in washington. Thank God the That the American people are not morons. Africanese is not an alibi for killing your own citizens. Allowing turning our faces aways fromj " little injustices" in The second world war resulted in 44 million deaths and 6 million Jews dead. Keeping singing Ethiopia is developing economically and we will continue this discusion in a fews years time. The genocide in the Ogaden, the masssacre in Addis Ababa, the killings in Gambella, Hawasa, Oromia.... That si called economic develeopment.?
Comment: This message is for Ethiopians, Economically Ethiopia is doing well at this time. I am very Happy for that; they have to make sure make sure that this economy keeping growing. Then again if you want start war basically the economy starting sliding back ward where it is starting. Believe me it does not take much the economy to go down. No one knows the out come of war. For example America as a powerful they are, no one expect war in Iraq will take this long, it affecting the economy America in general. War is not the answer. We need stay away from war. African peoples are dying for no justification. As it is AIDS is killing us ridiculously. When are we going change? Some times I feel???s being African is just like curse So Meles/Ethiopian President let me advice you about war from What is History tells in us Eritrea economy was growing by 7% before the war, the same way peoples Visiting Ethiopia now, Eritrea was that same way before the war. Look at what happen to Eritrea now. War is like Cancer will kill you slowly but surely
Comment: This message is for Ethiopians, Economically Ethiopia is doing well at this time. I am very Happy for that; they have to make sure make sure that this economy keeping growing. Then again if you want start war basically the economy starting sliding back ward where it is starting. Believe me it does not take much the economy to go down. No one knows the out come of war. For example America as a powerful they are, no one expect war in Iraq will take this long, it affecting the economy America in general. War is not the answer. We need stay away from war. African peoples are dying for no justification. As it is AIDS is killing us ridiculously. When are we going change? Some times I feel???s being African is just like curse So Meles/Ethiopian President let me advice you about war from What is History tells in us Eritrea economy was growing by 7% before the war, the same way peoples Visiting Ethiopia now, Eritrea was that same way before the war. Look at what happen to Eritrea now. War is like Cancer will kill you slowly but surely
Comment: I think that the only solution is economic. The United Nations should sponsor a wall between Eritrea and Etiopia, and simultaneously call for a massive infusion of foreign capital to both countries. War is a product of hopelessness. Once the people see some hope of prosperity, they will forget about war!
Comment: Is it me or does the United Nations seem to becoming less and less powerful. I remember watching this conflict on the news and thought they had come to a conclusion in 2002. Now 5 years later and nothing has changed. There is a simple solution to end this before it becomes a war again and that would be for the USA to pressure Ethiopia to accept the border implementation. We all know that Ethiopia is a pawn of the united states and with the flick of a wrist USA can force these two countries to end this dispute. -Edward
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Comment: I am an Active Duty Marine that had the opportunity to serve as a United Nations Observer monitoring the border dispute between these two countries for more than 6 months. It was the best overseas tour I have had the opportunity to experience. The people of both Ethiopia and Eritrea are extremely kind and thoughtful, even more so further away from the larger cities. The poverty is powerfully sad on both sides of the border and I was amazed by the numerous families I met torn apart by this border dispute. Wars have a unique impact on economies, they drive them. I believe that both of these countries support their own struggling economies by continuing to push dollars into their limited military forces. The military of both sides of this dispute do alot to support their economies. I would go back for a second tour with UNMEE in an instant. Being involved with the variety of issues you experience with their day to day lives in Ethiopia and Eritrea really make you appreciate our fortune here in the United States. Semper Fidelis
Comment: ethiopia have no power to over throw eritrea. nor eritrea have any power to over throw ethiopia government.
which other power have to be afraid of ethiopia going to civil war. different ethnic mixture in ethiopian aramy might turn thier guns on tigrains aramy, the core of ethiopan army. world watch. the longest civil war in a making. If civil war start in ethiopia. it will make somilia a picnic. mixture of ethnic groups wthin army will attack meles core tplf army. he doesn't trust the amara and oromo. he is using others, if they turn against him. it will be the begging of civil war in ethiopia. the war will end up to be Guerrilla warfare lasting more than 30 years. the loser of this warfare will be ethiopia. The current government will be unable to consildate its power in oromia,somilia, amhara, and the rest of ethiopia. currently government of ethiopia doesn't control 80 percent of ethiopia. meles only control addis,the capital city, and tigray/ even in tigray meles is not popular the tigrains hate hime. he is not welcome in his home country. he sleeps around nazret other small towns. meles has consolidate power from diffrenet ethnic group which is fragle. If the war start, it will break. It will be the end of ETHIOPIA as a nation. The war will be a long war. longer than 30 years. most eritrean will not except a government run by ethiopia or britis, us any other power. Isays, presedent of eritrea has 100 percent of the people support. If push comes to survivial of eritrea don't count egyptian(nile), sudanese, s ariabian joining the war. remember history. who are the founder of ELF/EPLF (eritrean liberation front). Asab, is wisheful ethiopian dream. It is part of eritrea and it will always be part of eritrea. asab, cheap political inspiration that meles will play start war against eritrea. ethiopia good luck geeting asab from eritrea,egyptian, and s. araibian. poor ethiopia. you will be land lock. agame don't give ethiopian wisful dream of asab. when you lose power in ethiopia you will be better off getting to sudan than come to eritrea for RESCUE. the writer, you only write bad things about eritrea. what about ethiopia. # 18 most unstable country in the world, Eritrea # 32 , UN check your fact. Current ethiopian government is killing specailly the oromo and somilia like cows. get your fact together.
Comment: As an American solider I have traveled to hundreds of cities around the world but the one I can never forget is Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. The people are the kindest and the saftey of the city makes it very lovable. In my stay in Eritrea on a mission a few years ago I found it to be much more advanced than other nations including Ethiopia where I was almost robbed.
I went to the country side of both nations and in Ethiopia you see so much poverty and disease and people suffering while in Eritrea you see a ray of hope with schools and clinics and a change from the very dismal Africa that I have been visting for years.
Eritreans are nationalists while in Ethiopia people hate their government. The US must stop supporting the Meles Zenawi regime and consult Mr.Zenawi to put a proper mechanism of on how to lead a nation and not just Addis Ababa .
Comment: Newsweek is not being fair. There is a lot of inconsistency in this story. Eritrea is the hope of Africa. As an American I can vouch for it. The leader of the country is the best thing that has happened in Africa in Centuries as he works closley with his people in building the nation. Many people can't accept the fact that an African leader is smarter and wiser than those who have created misery around the globe. If you see all of his interviews and his actions when it comes to Eritrea, no other leader in the world can compare with his style. Add to that a very strong people of Eritrea and the minority regime in Ethiopia won't stand a chance at survival if they go to war with Eritrea. Everyone has had it with the Genocidal regime in Addis and their days are numbered. If it was not for the US supporting them they would have been finished by now and the US only needs them since it has invested a lot of corrupted money, but when that is gone so will the Meles Zenawi regime in Addis. Meanwhile in Eritrea life will go on simply because Eritrea does not depend on anyone but herself to develop and make good on the promise it made itself before independence.
Comment: To toppester:
Madame, you are blind to data, aren't you? Typical libbie, no matter the standards, the data, the history, the headlines, the Rap "lyrics," the story upon story of South African crime, incessant pan-African war, Phliadelphia blacks running amok with guns galore and shooting cops (2 in a single day just today!) and each other with impunity, a statistical quagmire of the virtual non-existence of a black family with a competent, hard-working, dedicated father leading it . . . still you fall prey to the degradating instinct so prominent in their "culture" by resorting to the homosexual inuendo, don't you? See how this culture has you in a strait jacket of rationalizing it away? Truly, the Emperor has no clothes, but you just can't see it, can you?
Poor libbles, fated to watch their entire neighborhoods become slums by their indifferent embrace of depravity in thought, word, deed and omission. The acorn doesn't fall far from the oak in your case, does it?
Is scatalogical digression the length and breadth of your intellect?
Comment: ethiopia have no power to over throw eritrea. nor eritrea have any power to over throw ethiopia government.
which other power have to be afraid of ethiopia going to civil war. different ethnic mixture in ethiopian aramy might turn thier guns on tigrains aramy, the core of ethiopan army. world watch. the longest civil war in a making. If civil war start in ethiopia. it will make somilia a picnic. mixture of ethnic groups wthin army will attack meles core tplf army. he doesn't trust the amara and oromo. he is using others, if they turn against him. it will be the begging of civil war in ethiopia. the war will end up to be Guerrilla warfare lasting more than 30 years. the loser of this warfare will be ethiopia. The current government will be unable to consildate its power in oromia,somilia, amhara, and the rest of ethiopia. currently government of ethiopia doesn't control 80 percent of ethiopia. meles only control addis,the capital city, and tigray/ even in tigray meles is not popular the tigrains hate hime. he is not welcome in his home country. he sleeps around nazret other small towns. meles has consolidate power from diffrenet ethnic group which is fragle. If the war start, it will break. It will be the end of ETHIOPIA as a nation. The war will be a long war. longer than 30 years. most eritrean will not except a government run by ethiopia or britis, us any other power. Isays, presedent of eritrea has 100 percent of the people support. If push comes to survivial of eritrea don't count egyptian(nile), sudanese, s ariabian joining the war. remember history. who are the founder of ELF/EPLF (eritrean liberation front). Asab, is wisheful ethiopian dream. It is part of eritrea and it will always be part of eritrea. asab, cheap political inspiration that meles will play start war against eritrea. ethiopia good luck geeting asab from eritrea,egyptian, and s. araibian. poor ethiopia. you will be land lock. agame don't give ethiopian wisful dream of asab. when you lose power in ethiopia you will be better off getting to sudan than come to eritrea for RESCUE. the writer, you only write bad things about eritrea. what about ethiopia. # 18 most unstable country in the world, Eritrea # 32 , UN check your fact. Current ethiopian government is killing specailly the oromo and somilia like cows. get your fact together.
Comment: The people of Eritreans are in a grave danger under the PFDJ regime and from outisde forces, The dictator of Eritrea Issayas Afewerki who is Tigray Ethiopian form his mothers side is doing a great service to the Ethiopia regime "Weyane" keeping Eritreans silent from speakin out. On the other hand, the Weyane wouldn't accept border decission that have been made by the EEBC and start the demarcation. Their only idea is to accupy Badma "the main land for the war conflict",and the port of Assab by force with the U.S. blessings. Therefore, the poor Eritreans have no choice but to save their life from these injustices,and take a risk all at the same time.
Comment: ethiopia have no power to over throw eritrea. nor eritrea have any power to over throw ethiopia government.
which the US, britins, and other power have to be afraid of ethiopia going to civil war. diffrent ethnic mixture in ethiopian aramy might turn thier guns on tigrains aramy, the core of ethiopan army. world watch. the longest civil war in a making. If civil war start in ethiopia. it will make somilia a picnic. mixture of ethnic groups wthin army will attack meles core tplf army. he doesn't trust the amara and oromo. he is using others, if they turn against him. it will be the begging of civil war in ethiopia. the war will end up to be Guerrilla warfare lasting more than 30 years. the loser of this warfare will be ethiopia. The current government will be unable to consildate its power in oromia,somilia, amhara, and the rest of ethiopia. currently government of ethiopia doesn't control 80 percent of ethiopia. meles only control addis,the capital city, and tigray/ even in tigray meles the tigrains. meles have consolidate power from deffrenet ethnic group which is fragle. If the war start. It will be the end of ETHIOPIA as a nation. The war will be a long war. longer than 30 years. most eritrean will not except a government run by ethiopia or britis, us any other power. Isays, presedent of eritrea has 100 percent of the people support. If i push comes to survivial of eritrea don't count egyptian, sudanese, s ariabian joining the war. remember history. who are the founder of ELF/EPLF (eritrean liberation front). Asab, is wisheful ethiopian dream. It is part of eritrea and it will always be part of eritrea. asab, cheap political inspiration that meles will play start war against eritrea. ethiopia good luck geeting asab from eritrea,egyptian, and s. araibian. poor ethiopia. you will be land lock. agame don't give ethiopian wisful dream of asab. when you lose power in ethiopia you will be better off getting to sudan than come to eritrea for RESCUE. the writer, you only write bad things about eritrea. what about ethiopia. # 18 most unstable country in the world, Eritrea # 32 , UN check your fact. Current ethiopian government is killing specailly the oromo and somilia like cows. get your fact together.
Comment: ethiopia have no power to over throw eritrea. nor eritrea have any power to over throw ethiopia government.
the war will end up to be Guerrilla warfare lasting more than 30 years. the loser of this warfare will be ethiopia. The current government will be unable to consildate its power in oromia,somilia, amhara, and the rest of ethiopia. currently government of ethiopia doesn't control 80 percent of ethiopia. The meles only control addis,the capital city, and tigray. If the war start. It will be the end of ETHIOPIA as a nation. The war will be a long war. longer than 30 years. most eritrean will not except a government run by ethiopia or britis, us any other power. Isays, presedent of eritrea has 100 percent of the people support. If i push comes to survivial of eritrea don't count egyptian, sudanese, s ariabian joining the war. remember history. who are the founder of ELF/EPLF (eritrean liberation front). Asab, is wisheful ethiopian dream. It is part of eritrea and it will always be part of eritrea. asab, cheap political inspiration that meles will play start war against eritrea. ethiopia good luck geeting asab from eritrea,egyptian, and s. araibian. poor ethiopia. you will be land lock. agame don't give ethiopian wisful dream of asab. when you lose power in ethiopia you will be better off getting to sudan than come to eritrea for RESCUE. the writer, you only write bad things about eritrea. what about ethiopia. # 18 most unstable country in the world, Eritrea # 32 , UN check your fact. Current ethiopian government is killing specailly the oromo and somilia like cows. get your fact together.
Comment: peter1589,
You sound like you have either been sodomized by a black guy or your wife may eloped with a well-endowed brother!!!
Just my hunch
Comment: To UpNorth99:
However, Europe and the U.S. have also had long periods of peace, prosperity, technological advancement and are now so scientifically proficient they are about to eliminate themselves from the face of the planet to be displaced by Muslims in Europe and Hispanics in the U.S.
Can a single African or black-led "nation" make similar claims? Just take a look at where war is in the world (you can Google it), and realize that impoverishment, pestilence, starvation, rape, murder, gang rape, HIV/AIDS and a host of other such STD's, bastard children and warfare ARE THE RULE, NOT THE EXCEPTION.
Ah, but what would a liberal live by if not the Rule by Exception? Shoot, the only reason you lost the Gore Bush election was due to the felonious proclivities of your voters, remember? Black jail birds did you in, laddie!
Comment: It is high time for Ethiopia to finish the unfinished business and focus on its development. No one can drink pure water in the presence of a spoiler. Eritrea's dream of becoming an African superpower without any resource evaporated since day one but still the dictator is meddling in internal affairs of the Horn Nations and the Great Lakes in the hope of materializing his wishful thinking by proxy. This must end sooner than later. Ethiopia has the right to pre-empt the dictator before creating havoc and mayham further.
The article failed to mention the mad dog behavior of Isayas. If the victim was an European or western nation, the western media should have advocated a pre-emptive strike. Isayas acts are not only sponsoring terrorists in the horn but he is terrorizing his own people with no western nation calling for his trial in the international Court of Tribune. Enough is enough for the Ethiopian and Eritrean people. The Eritrean dictator and its administration must go now.
Comment: redsledd If your mind isn't open shut your mouth too!
Comment: To: Reddsledd
Germany, Britain, France, US: All have engaged in wars of aggression causing the deaths of millions and were/are all white-led... any coincidences?
It's easy to be ignorant and a racist. To understand what's going on in Ethiopia and Eritrea it's necessary to look at the history of the region, as opposed to being an ignoramus.
Comment: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somlia, Haiti --- they are all pits of despair and are all black-led nations.... any coincidence?
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Comment: I think the Ethiopians should control the number of immigrants. currently the ethiopian government is seting up another camp in Tigray b/c there are 30-50/day or 700-900/month immigrants. i understand the ETHIOPIAN govt. would never start war for a simple reason,b/c it is doing better economically and politically,but on the other hand, the bread line in asmara seem to get longer and longer every single day.
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Comment: War is the logical result when you have dictators run amok. These two dictators are counsine and were singing together when they divided Ethiopia. Unfortunaetly, western powers and their bone-headed jornalists ,who know so little and think they know vertually about any given country,are not getting the storey.
If we want to avoid wars, stop suppporting dectator African leaders. Period. Tif given the chance, we the African people are capable of handing democracy. The first time we have free election in 2005 in Ethiopia, the turnout was over 90%. Did any of the so called Westen median reported about this? Ofcourse talking and writing day-in-day out about Britiny Spears pantless flashing her private part is very important. Very Very important.
Tsegaye H.
Comment: War is the logical result when you have dictators run amok. These two dictators are counsine and were singing together when they divided Ethiopia. Unfortunaetly, western powers and their bone-headed jornalists ,who know so little and think they know vertually about any given country,are not getting the storey.
If we want to avoid wars, stop suppporting dectator African leaders. Period. Tif given the chance, we the African people are capable of handing democracy. The first time we have free election in 2005 in Ethiopia, the turnout was over 90%. Did any of the so called Westen median reported about this? Ofcourse talking and writing day-in-day out about Britiny Spears pantless flashing her private part is very important. Very Very important.
Getachew K.
Comment: It is always the same mantra ( size) that is miss leading the world and the Ethiopian government. The Eritreans have never been bigger in size (than the Ethiopians) but as History tells us Eritreans with their determination and love for their country and identity have tackled and won all aggressions by Ethiopia,.As given it 4 weeks to defeat the army it could be the other way round. But hope this wouldnot happen.
Comment: What are all those Eritreans there waiting for???? I thought Eritreans were menof courage...but when it comes to facing Issayas Afewerki they are just helpless sheep. Come on Guys, no one is going to solve your problem, neither coming to Shimelba or Miasker Wedi Sherifey. The solution is one and only one.....get united, get all the help you can and face off Issayas Afewerki. Get ridd off Him and his clique.
If it is going to take Ethiopia 4 to 5 weeks to remove Issayas Afewerki,It might take the eritreans only a week.
Comment: IT IS FUNNY WHEN THE LEECHES ARE CRYING!
U R TELLING US ABOUT HISTORY,WHOSE HISTORY IS IT,DO U HAVE ANY HISTORY LIKE OURS FOR THAUSANDS OF YRS ,R U TELLING US THAT WE R SLAVERY MONGERS?DID YOUR FATHER OR UR GRAND FATHER TELL U WHO WE ARE,I DON'T THINK SO.HENCE I WILL TELL YOU.WE R YESTERDAY'S 'FETHIE KEM ALULA HIEGI KEM LALIBELA' WE R THE LOYAL ALLY TO ANYONE WHO IS FRIENDLEY,DUT DEADLEY TO WHOM BETRAYS US. YOU ARE GROANING NOW ,BECAUSE THE BLOOD YOU BEEN SUCKING FOR LONG TIME HAS STOPPED.SO AS NOW YOU ARE CONVICTED IN LIVING WITH ILLUSIONS AND DREAMS TO SUCK MILKS.UR FATHERS ARE THE NEAREST MEMORY OF BANDITS OF ITALIAN SOLDIERS TO BLEED US,BUT AS THE ITALIAN AGGRESSION BEEN DEFEATED BY OUR PEAPLE,UR KINDS HAD BEEN STRANGLED AT DIFFERENT HITORICAL TREES OF OURS.SO DONT PUSH US SO HARD TO SAY THAT WE DONT HAVE TO.ADIOS.
Comment: it is shame of the westerners to mock on Africans bitter life , who made this aren't the westerners who pretend that they advocate democracy and rule of law , but practically on the ground is the opposite , specially the Americans are playing around the African people by entertaining themselves by the conflicts which they created it , but regarding the EU 's role is just hypocrisy with double standard measurement to all the conflicts , and you ( writer) earn more money for your journal and fame on writing such pieces some times by promoting misleading informations and sometimes by instigating conflicts as your administrations do through their puppet the nasty regime in Ethiopia
Comment: it is shame of the westerners to mock on Africans bitter life , who made this aren't the westerners who pretend that they advocate democracy and rule of law , but practically on the ground is the opposite , specially the Americans are playing around the African people by entertaining themselves by the conflicts which they created it , but regarding the EU 's role is just hypocrisy with double standard measurement to all the conflicts , and you ( writer) earn more money for your journal and fame on writing such pieces some times by promoting misleading informations and sometimes by instigating conflicts as your administrations do through their puppet the nasty regime in Ethiopia .
Comment: it is shame of the westerners to mock on africans bitter life , who made this aren't the westerners who pretend that they advocate democracy and rule of law , but practically in the ground is the opposite , specially the americans are playing around the african people by entertaining them selves by the conflicts which they created it , but regarding the EU 's role is just hyporcracy with double standard measurement to all the conflicts , and you ( writer) earn mor money for your journal and fame on writing such pieces some times by promoting missleading informations and sometime by instigating conflicts as your adminstrations do through their puupet the nasty regime in ethiopia .
Comment: You are one sided journalist. I don't think you know about the Eritrean history. Eritreans might have some issues with our government just like other people but when it come to our sovergnity (land) we are one and defend the country to the last miniute. We fought aganist all adds before and now we are doing the same thing. Please make sure before you write your article do your home work correctly.
Comment: You are are one sided journalist because I can understand from your writting. Also, you sound like excited to see the Eritrean government remove from the office. I wnat you to know one thing that we(Eritreans) can have issues with our government just like other people but when it comes to invade our land that is the time we come together and defend our the country. Next time when you write make sure you done your homework well.
Ghirmay(Ali)
Comment: War is the logical result when you have dictators run amok. These two dictators are counsine and were singing together when they divided Ethiopia. Unfortunaetly, western powers and their bone-headed jornalists ,who know so little and think they know vertually about any given country,are not getting the storey.
If we want to avoid wars, stop suppporting dectator African leaders. Period. Tif given the chance, we the African people are capable of handing democracy. The first time we have free election in 2005 in Ethiopia, the turnout was over 90%. Did any of the so called Westen median reported about this? Ofcourse talking and writing day-in-day out about Britiny Spears pantless flashing her private part is very important. Very Very important.
Getachew K.
Comment: Shame on you Jason. You should be writing more on, who the stumbling block for all this mess is, than speculating about the grim cloud that is hovering. Why are you not asking what UN, US, EU and AU are doing to avert the mess. If the war starts they will be equally to blame as the two warring factions. It is no good the west telling Africans about democracy and rule of law, but fail to demonstrate and enforce it .
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