Jamster Posted January 19, 2007 The most acebric read for a long time. For those who take great pleasure in indulging scurrility; this my dear reader is your heaven. ----- From : http://www.awdalnews.com/wmview.php?ArtID=8274 Meles Zenawi may have finally tamed barbarian Somalis! According to Infoplease of January 2007, “Ethiopia with a population of 77 million is an extremely poor country with the great majority of its people engaged in subsistence farming and poor cultivation practices. And this coupled with frequent periods of drought; Ethiopia is chronically unable to feed its population and has to rely on massive food imports and international food handouts. In fact, the annual value of imports into Ethiopia is usually considerably higher than the value of its exports”. And according to WHO/UNICEF reports, of the 77 million Ethiopians, only 15% or 11.6 million live in Urban Areas of which some 85% or 9.9 million receive safe and sanitary water. The remaining 85% of the population, equivalent to 65.5 million live in Rural Areas. Unfortunately, only 11% of them or approximately 7.2 million receive safe and sanitary water. In total, that leaves some 60.0 million in both Rural and Urban areas without safe water. When it comes to sanitation, statistics are dismal too. For instance, of the approximately 11.6 million people who live in Urban Areas, only 19% or approximately 2.2 million receive sanitation and only 4% of those who live in Rural Areas, equivalent to 2.6 million receive sanitation. This leaves some 72.0 million of Ethiopians without sanitation though it has been proven that safe water and sanitation services are some of the primary and basic determinants of national health and hence development. Despite this, it is unfortunate that according to a recent British Report, “money flight from Ethiopia that ends in private accounts in Europe is unbelievably beyond imagination when Ethiopian national per capita is one of the lowest in the world.” On the political front, Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi has been in power since 1991 but has a poor record because in the recent elections held in his country, reports say Ethiopian security forces used live bullets on peaceful demonstrators killing 29 people and injuring hundreds. This was vehemently condemned worldwide. For instance, the European Union, the UN and the United States described it as “the savage attack of Ethiopian armed forces on unarmed civilians protesting against election fraud and asking only for election re-count/transparency”, condemning it. Moreover, it is reported that torture, wide spread fraud, oppression, intimidation and massive detentions were common in the country. These certainly cause immense political instability in that country; instability that is extremely worrisome. In addition, one can easily understand that the continuous high Ethiopian death rate, rampant diseases and debilitating poverty prevalent in country could and should be due to the economic woes of that nation. And certainly Meles administration’s misuse of funds, unnecessary wars, corruption and mismanagement are to blame! Is Meles The Milosovich Of Ethiopia Or A Messiah For The Horn Of Africa? Meles it seems, believes in “Greater Ethiopia”, one similar to Milosvich’s “Greater Serbia” of the nineties but one which within few years disintegrated into fiefdoms and tinny sub-states. For instance, according to world fact book 2006, Meles’s Ethiopia is divided into 14 ethnically-based Regions: (1) Addis Ababa, (2) Afar, (3) Amhara, (4) Benishangul, (5) Gambela, (6) Gurage-Hadiya-Kambata, (7) Harari, (8) Kefa, (9) Omo, (10) Oromo, (11) Sidama, (12) Somali, (13) Tigray and (14) Wolayta. On the other hand, in his conquest of Somalia in which Meles installed Machiavellians in power in poor civil-war-torn Somalia, his intentions seem to permanently wipe out Somalinimo and its barbaric clannish nightmares and hence come one step closer to realizing his dream of Greater Ethiopia… a Greater Ethiopia whose proponents had traditionally claimed to cover the whole Horn of Africa! And finally, in his devastating war with Eritrea over a tiny border town, Meles seems wanting to annex that nation again when on the other hand, in his frightening economic threats of tiny Djibouti, Meles probably plans to attack Guelleh next and do likewise. So, anyone who knows the history of the Horn of Africa, is easily tempted to believe that Meles’s behavior toward others seems reckless and dangerous in as much as it is when applied to ethnically diverse Ethiopia whose people have little to share. This should he choose it, is a disaster which is similar to that of Milosovich of Serbia, in which once great Yugoslavia disintegrated into statelets bent to destroy each other. However: Now that Meles had conquered uncivil Somalia and brought all its warlords down to their knees; Now that Meles had tamed barbarian medieval standard mullahs who tormented and terrorized the great bread winners (women) who, during the difficult times of Somalia, saved their children, and wiped them (mullahs) out of Somalia map if not out of the whole map of the Horn of Africa; Now that Meles had morally and militarily defeated Assias Afewerki of Eritrea; Now that Meles can terrorize Gueleh of tinny Djibouti any time; And now that Meles’s army can make daily incursions into poor Somaliland and pick anyone who dare speak, without any protest by the administration in Hargeisa. He (Meles) needs nothing more than to sit back, relax and instruct all birds to sing the song: Shimbiryohow heesaa! ….Heesaa, heesaa; heesa! Hees wamaagsan heesa, halkan soo fadhiista; Kaalayoo hortaydaa shimbirayohow heesaa! “Ow birds sing! Sing; sing; sing! Sing a sweet song, com on sit down here; Come, come, sit next to me and sing; birds sing!” And in short, like it or hate it, Meles is today “a Giant among the Dwarfs” in the whole Horn of Africa and thanks God, he has all the cards he could probably ever have in his right hand. It is up to him to play them; and playing them right or wrong, he has already certainly made history! (A) But, in my view, to capitalize on this, Meles has one of two choices to make: Meles can take the high stand of becoming the second living legend of Africa after Mandela. For instance, he can establish an atmosphere in which he starts a new beginning for the Horn of Africa people as a whole. One in which all forgive one another and forget the past and this is especially achievable now that he can instruct all others to listen or else…. Furthermore, today, Meles has the chance to create an economic block for the Horn of Africa by establishing an economic Union of Horn Of Africa (UHA) ….a union in which all the nations concerned can prosper by freely but fairly making business and trade with one another, living in peace and harmony but at the same time respecting the territorial integrity of each other! And in doing this, he can persuade the Horn of Africa people understand that Ethiopia is the natural hinter land of Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland. While Somalia, Djibouti, Somaliland and Eritrea are the natural sea outlets of Ethiopia! And should Meles choose this, he will be Messiah of the Horn of Africa and lead the Horn of Africa people in general and Ethiopians and tormented Somalis in particular to see the sun shine so bright and beautiful! (B) Meles can try to re-ignite the centuries old colonial expansionist policy of Ethiopia hoping that through intimidation and subjugation he can conquer Eritrea, Somaliland, Djibouti and Somalia! And in choosing this, he can hope to achieve Ethiopia’s traditional territorial ambitions of annexing and ruling the whole Horn of Africa from Bali to Sidamo; from Kismayo to Benadir; from Bossasso to Berbera and Zeila; and from Djibouti to Asmara and Mossawa and hence realize Ethiopia’s dream of uniting Ethiopia or “The Lands of the Black People!” Conclusion: Despite the seemingly noble and lightning successes of Meles’s forces in ending the barbaric civil-war of Southern Somalia in which Meles has certainly scored high points, I believe Meles intends and seems to choose Plan B for the following reasons: Fact 1: Mr. Meles and his “liberation Front” drove Ethiopia’s strong man, Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, from power in 1991 and since then, Mr. Meles is in power but adamantly refuses to relinquish it come what may! So, Meles’s security forces opened live bullets on peaceful demonstrators killing 29 people and injuring hundreds in his last elections. Fact 2: Meles’s indifference to the suffering of his people whose daily bread is dependent on the handouts of the international community coupled with the continuous costly wars, rampant corruption and mismanagement all under his watch without any action on his part whatsoever, is a proof of his lack of any Patriotism let alone Regionalism! Fact 3: Meles’s blitzkrieg conquest of Somalia to install his power-hungry men in place and hence rule poor Southern Somalia without any plans for pull out is a proof of his grand agenda Fact 4: Meles’s devastating war with Eritrea over a tiny border town just to teach Issias Afewerki a lesson clearly indicates that he is restless dictator with probably the grand agenda of annexing Eritrea some day! Fact 5: Meles’s continuous frightening of tinny Djibouti with economic threats is a further proof of his inconceivable and malicious intentions! Fact 6: Meles’s continuous military incursions into the fledgling democracy of Somaliland to pick any “suspects” are further proof of his malicious aims! I hope my predictions prove me wrong, but, I believe that the Horn of Africa is in for a long haul! By Noah Arre noahark1382@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
