Al Mariam

𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄, 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐀! Access to the Red Sea is an urgent national question with profound existential, economic, and strategic implications for Ethiopia. Without direct and permanent sea access, Ethiopia's long-term development and security interests are placed in extreme danger. Access to the sea is not merely a geopolitical consideration, a luxury from which to launch vacation cruise liners or an optional economic convenience. It is Ethiopia's economic lifeline to the world, its gateway to global commerce and connectivity. Access to the sea is itself a ship that will deliver Ethiopia to its promised land of prosperity. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩. Ethiopia will continue to pursue secure, reliable, and permanent access to the sea through diplomacy, negotiation, give-and-take, mediation, and every other lawful means available to advance its national interests. On October 5, 2026, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed restated his oft-repeated declaration to the Ethiopian Parliament: "Since Ethiopian civilization cannot be realized without a sea outlet, we will work diligently on the principle of give-and-take to ensure Ethiopia has an entry and exit port." That is a declaration of a fundamental national interest. Ethiopian civilization and sea access are inextricably and eternally connected. Ethiopia lost its direct access to the Red Sea in 1993, following Eritrea's independence. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬-𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥-𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. Thirty-three years later, the economic burden of a deal between two thieving rebel leaders on 130 million Ethiopians has pushed the issue beyond a point of no return. It is now time to face the music! Ethiopia can NEVER remain landlocked. Nor can Ethiopia's economic destiny be held hostage to the whims of a one-man dictatorship that has kept its people under lock and key for over three decades. It is the height of stupidity to believe that Ethiopia will kneel perpetually at the mercy of a one-man dictatorship whose leader, as a rebel leader, promised a multiparty democratic system and a constitution. For over three decades, Isaias has kept Eritrea under totalitarian rule without even implementing its ratified constitution, holding national elections, or establishing an independent legislature, independent media, independent judiciary, meaningful political opposition, or genuinely independent civil society institutions. Eritrea, widely dubbed the "North Korea of Africa," remains a dictatorship internationally criticized for extreme repression, indefinite conscription, forced labor, torture, arbitrary detention, and other serious human-rights abuses. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠, “𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝; 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥.” (አቅምን አውቆ መኖር ጥሩ ነው ፣ ትልቅ ችሎታ ነው ።) Red Sea, Nile River to the Mediterranean Sea 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥! 𝐁𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜, 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟖𝟔 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟖𝟔 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞! 𝐂𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲! What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Egypt has the audacity to invoke sovereignty and exclusivity when discussing the Red Sea and conveniently ignores the principles of equitable participation and cooperation when discussing the Nile. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐞: "𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭." The trilateral axis should beware that, by setting out to drown Ethiopia in the Red Sea, you may just find yourselves swept up in a great flood. The boomerang has a way of returning to its thrower. An old Chinese proverb warns: "The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them." Those in the trilateral axis who willfully mistake Ethiopia's restraint for weakness may discover, too late, the difference. The trilateral axis should also heed the warning captured in the old spiritual: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, the fire next time!" What goes around comes around. Let there be no misunderstanding: Ethiopia's determination to secure permanent and reliable access to the Red Sea will not be bogged down in diplomatic rigmarole and gobbledygook, regional pressure, political intimidation and economic sanction. It will not be wished away or buried under fatuous declarations designed to exclude Ethiopia from discussions about Red Sea governance and regional maritime security. The bottom line is simple: Ethiopia will pursue secure, reliable, and permanent access to the Red Sea through diplomacy, negotiation, give-and-take, mediation, and every lawful avenue available. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚. 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐚.” 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞! 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. He may find himself presiding (or not presiding) over an Eritrea he never imagined: an Eritrea with an implemented constitution, an independent legislature, independent media, an independent judiciary, genuine political opposition, independent institutions of higher education, and vibrant civil society institutions; an Eritrea liberated from forced labor, indefinite conscription, torture, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary imprisonment. An Eritrea in which its people, rather than one man and his security apparatus, determine their country's destiny. A war that a dictator believes will consolidate his power can instead expose the fragility of his rule. History has a habit of laughing at men in leadership positions who believe themselves invincible, untouchable, unstoppable and unconquerable. Dictators often launch wars and engage in military confrontations believing that a showdown will make them more powerful. They miscalculate. They assume that military engagement will rally the people behind them, shut down internal dissent, win the loyalty of military officers, and divert public attention from the oppressive nature of their rule. History offers numerous examples of dictators who disastrously miscalculated. Remember Saddam Hussien. Isaias Afwerki should think twice before opening a door he may never be able to close. For he may be openinig the gates of hell. Ethiopia prefers diplomacy for sea access. Ethiopia seeks mutually beneficial arrangements for sea access. Ethiopia is prepared to negotiate in good faith for sea access. But neither Eritrea nor its patron Egypt should confuse a preference for peace with an acceptance of permanent strategic vulnerability. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝: "𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬." 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐬. 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋, 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐅𝐎! 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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊: 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂-𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨-𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲-𝐆𝐨-𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 In 2024, the American people threw the Democrats out of power over economic frustrations, immigration problems, the culture wars, and the incompetence of the Biden administration. In 2026, the political pendulum has swung the other way and the Democrats control both houses of Congress. The American people have thrown the Republicans out of power—at least in Congress. The reasons: cost of living, Iran war, corruption, tariffs and immigration enforcement tactics. The political irony is hard to miss. In 2024, Americans voted out the Democrats because they were dissatisfied with the direction of the country. In 2026, they voted out the Republicans for precisely the same reason. So, what exactly is going on? Is there something wrong with the American people, who keep throwing one set of rascals out only to bring the other set back in, apparently expecting a different result? Or is the problem that neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party is genuinely serving the interests of ordinary Americans? Could it be that both parties need young, fresh leadership accountable to the people instead of the entrenched, corrupt, self-serving, out-of-touch and out-of-reach elites? How about a third party to enter the ring and give the two ne’er-do-well parties a real run for their money? The fact remains that both parties serve corporate, financial, wealthy, and organized political interests. The old adage holds that “there is not a difference worth a hill of beans between Republicans and Democrats.” They pretend to be ideological adversaries, but that is often a distinction without a meaningful difference. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, “𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐱, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫.” 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. So it is with the musical chairs politics in the US. One side wins; the other loses. New guys show up at the office and recycle old promises and go about business as sual. The real issue is not who controls Capital Hill or the White House. It is the “rigged political system” where the American people are offered the illusion of two parties who are two sides of the same coin. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 Both Republicans and Democrats suck at the corporate and special-interest trough. They use powerful lobbying groups and the wealthy to finance their campaigns. In turn, they auction access to government officials to the highest bidder like two-dollar hookers. 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "He who pays the piper calls the tune." When politicians rely on fat cats and organized interests to fund their campaigns, who gets heard? and who gets the shaft? “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Money has more influence than votes in American politics. Money talks, and the bigger the money, the louder its voice, even compared to millions of voters. Elon Musk dumped $500 million in an effort to sway the 2026 midterm elections. He failed. He has since flexed his political muscles on X, threatening Democrats: “Live by the sword, die by the sword… I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets.” Such is the hubris of filthy lucre! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬. They were defeated in 2024 because they did not get the memo, “It is the economy stupid!” They did not realize the country’s need for a fresh start. What the democrats need is renewal, reformation, and new leadership but they are frozen in establishment politics that made them lose time and again. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 “𝐀𝐬𝐬-𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠” 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 In 2024, the Republicans gave the Democrats an ass-kicking. In 2026, Senator Ted Cruz fumed over the fact that Republicans had taken “an ass-kicking” and placed much of the blame at Trump's feet. Winning an election is not the same as delivering on campaign promises. It is all about the money. There ain't a damn thing funny. Both parties suck the teats of the corporations. They stage the same old political drama of recrimination at election time. Each party claims to possess the answers. So, the beat goes on. Ordinary Americans suffer, while the politicians sing, “la-di-da-di-da...” Then the voters deliver the usual ass-kicking, and the merry-go-round starts again. As the old saying goes, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So it was with Trump's political calculations. Voters who deliver power can just as readily take it away. But that is a lesson lost on both parties. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦: 𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲! America has a gerontocracy problem. Too many old geezers from both parties are clinging to power. They have turned politics into a lifetime job rather than a civic service. Their aim is to preserve their political careers and build walls to keep the younger generation out. The contrast is striking: Approximately 51% of Americans are under 40 years old. Yet, at the opening of the 119th Congress in January 2025, the average age of members of the House of Representatives was about 58, and that of senators was 64. It is not just about age. It is about genuine political representation, institutional rejuvenation, and the future of America. America needs a political system that reflects the demographic distribution of its population. 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬: 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 I detest the hypocrisy and double-dealing of white liberal Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House, as well as some of their Black lackeys, who try to pass themselves off as Africa’s protectors and saviors in the name of “human rights, freedom, and international accountability.” They lecture African governments, threaten sanctions, and apply diplomatic pressure over alleged human rights violations while turning a deaf ear and blind eye to injustices and human rights violations in America. The Biden administration’s treatment of Ethiopia illustrates how human rights can be selectively weaponized to try and effect regime change. What I find the most offensive is the arrogant paternalism of white liberal democrats. These self-appointed moralizing guardians have the gall to define Africa’s political aspirations, prescribe its institutions, and influence its domestic choices. They seek to cultivate influence among African political, intellectual, and cultural elites while advancing ideological agendas that often disregard Africa’s history, cultures, institutions, and right to determine its own future. Martin Luther King Jr.’s criticism of paternalistic white liberalism remains relevant to African human rights. MLK understood that the white moderate, who professed support for equality but resisted meaningful change, could obstruct Black liberation almost as effectively as the segregationist. The same lesson applies to Western liberals who claim to champion Africans while presuming to speak for them, define their aspirations, and dictate their political choices. Africa does not need holier-than-thou pontificators. It does not need self-appointed guardians and supervisors of morality. Africa needs equal partners who can do business with them. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 I agree with Trump’s approach. America is not Africa’s human rights policeman. African countries must have the primary responsibility and authority to address their own domestic political and human rights challenges. In July 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomatic missions to refrain from public pronouncements on the fairness, integrity, or legitimacy of foreign elections unless a compelling American interest justified such statements. By doing so, Trump acknowledged African sovereignty. He set the example for Europeans also. Foreign governments should not presume that they have the moral or political authority to grade another country's political system or dictate its domestic priorities. Africans can govern themselves. African solutions to African problems. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚: 𝐀 𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 Ethiopia has been forced to play the role of friend, foe, and frenemy under various American administrations. Under the Bush administration, Ethiopia became a frontline American partner in the Global War on Terror, sharing intelligence and cooperating in military training and counterterrorism. The Biden administration was hellbent on regime change in Ethiopia. It imposed sanctions and economic pressure against Ethiopia. During the 2020–2022 terrorist war in Ethiopia, Biden applied diplomatic pressure, imposed sanctions and visa restrictions, limited defense assistance, and suspended Ethiopia's eligibility for AGOA trade preferences. All to support the terrorist TPLF. Ethiopia is indispensable to American interests as the second-most-populous African country and host of the headquarters of the African Union. Ethiopia plays a pivotal role in regional security, counterterrorism, peacekeeping, and Horn of Africa stability. It also offers substantial opportunities for American investment in agriculture, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, technology, and mining. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 "𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬" U.S.-Ethiopia relations under the second Trump administration have been much better. In May 2026, the two countries held a structured dialogue on trade and investment, defense and security, and regional peace, offering an opportunity to rebuild the relationship around practical mutual interests. The bottom line is that Ethiopia needs America as a partner, not as a patron or guardian. It certainly does not need American lectures on human rights. American administrations must respect Ethiopian sovereignty, recognize its national interests, and pursue a relationship based on mutual benefit and equal partnership. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 America requires more than just another triumph for Democrats or Republicans. America requires a rejuvenation of its political system, a whole new breed of leaders, and a government that puts the needs of the average American first before the political system. America’s leaders should reflect the demographic trend. Young people need to be in leadership. Radical changes need to be made in campaign funding and lobbies. Policies prioritizing ordinary American families, small business owners and economic development need to be made. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲-𝐠𝐨-𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 **** 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬! The Rat Pack may be making a comeback, but the American people should not be fooled into thinking that changing the political party in power is the same thing as changing the system. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭? 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐩! 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜-𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. There are deep divisions, debates, and power struggles within the Democratic Party. For the next two years, they will spend most of their energy in internecine warfare. That is good because it leaves them little time to run around Africa hectoring, bullying, and meddling in Africans’ internal affairs. They will spend the next two years exposing, humiliating, and undermining Trump. They will hold kangaroo impeachment hearings to paralyze his administration. As they dig a deep hole to bury Trump, they will gradually fall into it themselves. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. Elections have consequences: Trump won in 2024, while Democrats gain ground in the 2026 midterms. The political chickens have come home to roost! Democrats today celebrate the tsunami that has destroyed the Republicans. They should know that there are two types of tsunamis. The waves of a distant tsunami arise far away and give people on the shore enough warning to prepare themselves. A local tsunami occurs close to shore, arrives with little or no warning, and hits with an enormous wave. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬' 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃.𝐂., 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬. "𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞." 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜-𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤! @TheDemocrats @HouseDemocrats @OversightDems @donnabrazile @kenmartin73 @benwikler @Acyn @PunchbowlNews @BrennanCenter @Redistrict @JakeSherman @cspan @barackObama @HillaryClinton @ewarren @ggreenwald @Heritage @redstate @RNC @hotairblog @RapidResponse47 @HouseGOP @WhiteHouse @RapidResponse47 @HouseDemocrats @cspan @FoxNews @NEWSMAX

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊: 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂-𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨-𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲-𝐆𝐨-𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 In 2024, the American people threw the Democrats out of power over economic frustrations, immigration problems, the culture wars, and the incompetence of the Biden administration. In 2026, the political pendulum has swung the other way and the Democrats control both houses of Congress. The American people have thrown the Republicans out of power—at least in Congress. The reasons: cost of living, Iran war, corruption, tariffs and immigration enforcement tactics. The political irony is hard to miss. In 2024, Americans voted out the Democrats because they were dissatisfied with the direction of the country. In 2026, they voted out the Republicans for precisely the same reason. So, what exactly is going on? Is there something wrong with the American people, who keep throwing one set of rascals out only to bring the other set back in, apparently expecting a different result? Or is the problem that neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party is genuinely serving the interests of ordinary Americans? Could it be that both parties need young, fresh leadership accountable to the people instead of the entrenched, corrupt, self-serving, out-of-touch and out-of-reach elites? How about a third party to enter the ring and give the two ne’er-do-well parties a real run for their money? The fact remains that both parties serve corporate, financial, wealthy, and organized political interests. The old adage holds that “there is not a difference worth a hill of beans between Republicans and Democrats.” They pretend to be ideological adversaries, but that is often a distinction without a meaningful difference. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, “𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐱, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫.” 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. So it is with the musical chairs politics in the US. One side wins; the other loses. New guys show up at the office and recycle old promises and go about business as sual. The real issue is not who controls Capital Hill or the White House. It is the “rigged political system” where the American people are offered the illusion of two parties who are two sides of the same coin. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 Both Republicans and Democrats suck at the corporate and special-interest trough. They use powerful lobbying groups and the wealthy to finance their campaigns. In turn, they auction access to government officials to the highest bidder like two-dollar hookers. 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "He who pays the piper calls the tune." When politicians rely on fat cats and organized interests to fund their campaigns, who gets heard? and who gets the shaft? “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Money has more influence than votes in American politics. Money talks, and the bigger the money, the louder its voice, even compared to millions of voters. Elon Musk dumped $500 million in an effort to sway the 2026 midterm elections. He failed. He has since flexed his political muscles on X, threatening Democrats: “Live by the sword, die by the sword… I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets.” Such is the hubris of filthy lucre! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬. They were defeated in 2024 because they did not get the memo, “It is the economy stupid!” They did not realize the country’s need for a fresh start. What the democrats need is renewal, reformation, and new leadership but they are frozen in establishment politics that made them lose time and again. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 “𝐀𝐬𝐬-𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠” 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 In 2024, the Republicans gave the Democrats an ass-kicking. In 2026, Senator Ted Cruz fumed over the fact that Republicans had taken “an ass-kicking” and placed much of the blame at Trump's feet. Winning an election is not the same as delivering on campaign promises. It is all about the money. There ain't a damn thing funny. Both parties suck the teats of the corporations. They stage the same old political drama of recrimination at election time. Each party claims to possess the answers. So, the beat goes on. Ordinary Americans suffer, while the politicians sing, “la-di-da-di-da...” Then the voters deliver the usual ass-kicking, and the merry-go-round starts again. As the old saying goes, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So it was with Trump's political calculations. Voters who deliver power can just as readily take it away. But that is a lesson lost on both parties. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦: 𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲! America has a gerontocracy problem. Too many old geezers from both parties are clinging to power. They have turned politics into a lifetime job rather than a civic service. Their aim is to preserve their political careers and build walls to keep the younger generation out. The contrast is striking: Approximately 51% of Americans are under 40 years old. Yet, at the opening of the 119th Congress in January 2025, the average age of members of the House of Representatives was about 58, and that of senators was 64. It is not just about age. It is about genuine political representation, institutional rejuvenation, and the future of America. America needs a political system that reflects the demographic distribution of its population. 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬: 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 I detest the hypocrisy and double-dealing of white liberal Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House, as well as some of their Black lackeys, who try to pass themselves off as Africa’s protectors and saviors in the name of “human rights, freedom, and international accountability.” They lecture African governments, threaten sanctions, and apply diplomatic pressure over alleged human rights violations while turning a deaf ear and blind eye to injustices and human rights violations in America. The Biden administration’s treatment of Ethiopia illustrates how human rights can be selectively weaponized to try and effect regime change. What I find the most offensive is the arrogant paternalism of white liberal democrats. These self-appointed moralizing guardians have the gall to define Africa’s political aspirations, prescribe its institutions, and influence its domestic choices. They seek to cultivate influence among African political, intellectual, and cultural elites while advancing ideological agendas that often disregard Africa’s history, cultures, institutions, and right to determine its own future. Martin Luther King Jr.’s criticism of paternalistic white liberalism remains relevant to African human rights. MLK understood that the white moderate, who professed support for equality but resisted meaningful change, could obstruct Black liberation almost as effectively as the segregationist. The same lesson applies to Western liberals who claim to champion Africans while presuming to speak for them, define their aspirations, and dictate their political choices. Africa does not need holier-than-thou pontificators. It does not need self-appointed guardians and supervisors of morality. Africa needs equal partners who can do business with them. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 I agree with Trump’s approach. America is not Africa’s human rights policeman. African countries must have the primary responsibility and authority to address their own domestic political and human rights challenges. In July 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomatic missions to refrain from public pronouncements on the fairness, integrity, or legitimacy of foreign elections unless a compelling American interest justified such statements. By doing so, Trump acknowledged African sovereignty. He set the example for Europeans also. Foreign governments should not presume that they have the moral or political authority to grade another country's political system or dictate its domestic priorities. Africans can govern themselves. African solutions to African problems. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚: 𝐀 𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 Ethiopia has been forced to play the role of friend, foe, and frenemy under various American administrations. Under the Bush administration, Ethiopia became a frontline American partner in the Global War on Terror, sharing intelligence and cooperating in military training and counterterrorism. The Biden administration was hellbent on regime change in Ethiopia. It imposed sanctions and economic pressure against Ethiopia. During the 2020–2022 terrorist war in Ethiopia, Biden applied diplomatic pressure, imposed sanctions and visa restrictions, limited defense assistance, and suspended Ethiopia's eligibility for AGOA trade preferences. All to support the terrorist TPLF. Ethiopia is indispensable to American interests as the second-most-populous African country and host of the headquarters of the African Union. Ethiopia plays a pivotal role in regional security, counterterrorism, peacekeeping, and Horn of Africa stability. It also offers substantial opportunities for American investment in agriculture, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, technology, and mining. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 "𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬" U.S.-Ethiopia relations under the second Trump administration have been much better. In May 2026, the two countries held a structured dialogue on trade and investment, defense and security, and regional peace, offering an opportunity to rebuild the relationship around practical mutual interests. The bottom line is that Ethiopia needs America as a partner, not as a patron or guardian. It certainly does not need American lectures on human rights. American administrations must respect Ethiopian sovereignty, recognize its national interests, and pursue a relationship based on mutual benefit and equal partnership. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 America requires more than just another triumph for Democrats or Republicans. America requires a rejuvenation of its political system, a whole new breed of leaders, and a government that puts the needs of the average American first before the political system. America’s leaders should reflect the demographic trend. Young people need to be in leadership. Radical changes need to be made in campaign funding and lobbies. Policies prioritizing ordinary American families, small business owners and economic development need to be made. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲-𝐠𝐨-𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 **** 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬! The Rat Pack may be making a comeback, but the American people should not be fooled into thinking that changing the political party in power is the same thing as changing the system. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭? 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐩! 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜-𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. There are deep divisions, debates, and power struggles within the Democratic Party. For the next two years, they will spend most of their energy in internecine warfare. That is good because it leaves them little time to run around Africa hectoring, bullying, and meddling in Africans’ internal affairs. They will spend the next two years exposing, humiliating, and undermining Trump. They will hold kangaroo impeachment hearings to paralyze his administration. As they dig a deep hole to bury Trump, they will gradually fall into it themselves. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. Elections have consequences: Trump won in 2024, while Democrats gain ground in the 2026 midterms. The political chickens have come home to roost! Democrats today celebrate the tsunami that has destroyed the Republicans. They should know that there are two types of tsunamis. The waves of a distant tsunami arise far away and give people on the shore enough warning to prepare themselves. A local tsunami occurs close to shore, arrives with little or no warning, and hits with an enormous wave. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬' 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃.𝐂., 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬. 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(ከእንግሊዘኛ የተተረጎመ) የኢትዮጵያ ሰሜን ዕዝ ጭፍጨፋን በማስታወስ ኅዳር 3 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም. — በኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ታሪክና የሕዝብ የጋራ ትውስታ ውስጥ ለዘላለም ተቀርጾ የሚኖር ቀን። ለሰሜን ዕዝ፣ አመስጋኝ ሕዝብ መሥዋዕትነታቸውን፣ ጀግንነታቸውንና ለኢትዮጵያ ያበረከቱትን አገልግሎት ፈጽሞ አይረሳም። ብዙዎች ለጥቂቶች ይህን ያህል ዕዳ ኖሮባቸው አያውቅም! በኅዳር 3 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም. በዚያ እጅግ አሳዛኝና የማይረሳ ሌሊት ለአገራቸው ሕይወታቸውን ለሰዉት ለኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሰራዊት ሰሜን ዕዝ ጀግና ወታደሮች ያለኝን ጥልቅ ኩራትና ምስጋና እየገለጽኩ አክብሮቴን አቀርባለሁ። ይህ ቀን በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ውስጥ ለዘላለም በክፉ ዝክር የሚታወስ ነው። በዚያ የመርገምትና የጥፋት ሌሊት የተፈጸመውን ነገር ልንረሳው አንችልም፤ ፈጽሞም አንረሳውም። የሽብር ቡድን የሆነው የትግራይ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ግንባር (ህወሓት) መሪዎች፣ በኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሰራዊት ሰሜን ዕዝ ላይ ያልተቀሰቀሰና በድብቅ የተፈጸመ ጥቃት አደረሱ። ይህ በወታደራዊ ታሪክ ዘመናት ውስጥ እጅግ አስከፊ ከሆኑ ክህደቶች አንዱ ነበር። ጥቃቱ ለኢትዮጵያ እጅግ አስከፊ የሆነ ጦርነት አስከተለ፤ ይህም ሊቆጠር የማይችል ውድመትና ስቃይ አስከትሏል። የአፍሪካ ሕብረት አስታራቂ ኦሉሴጉን ኦባሳንጆ በጦርነቱ ወደ 600,000 የሚጠጉ ሰዎች እንደሞቱ ገልጸዋል። እጅግ አሳዛኙ ነገር በህወሓት የተጨፈጨፉት ወታደሮች በትግራይ ለሕዝቡ እንግዶች አለመሆናቸው ነው። የኤርትራውን አምባገነን መሪ ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ጦር ኃይሎች አደጋ እንዳያደርሱባቸው የትግራይን ሕዝብ ለመጠበቅ የተመደቡ የፌዴራል ወታደሮች ነበሩ። ከሁለት አስርተ ዓመታት በላይ ከትግራይ ሕዝብ ጋር አብረው ኖረዋል። ገበሬዎችን በእርሻ ምርት መሰብሰብ ረድተዋል፣ ጉልበታቸውን ሰጥተዋል፣ ሙያዊ ዕውቀታቸውን አካፍለዋል፣ በማኅበረሰቡ የጋራ እንቅስቃሴዎችም ተሳትፈዋል። በትግራይ ማኅበራዊና ወታደራዊ ሕይወት ውስጥ ወሳኝ አካል ነበሩ። በዚያ አስከፊ የክህደት ሌሊት፣ ህወሓት የዕዙን ከፍተኛ መኮንኖች ለእራት ጋብዞ አሰራቸው። እነዚህ ከህወሓት መሪዎች ጋር በጋራ የዘመቱ፣ የጦር ጓደኝነት ትስስር የነበራቸው ወታደሮች ነበሩ። ህወሓት የመገናኛ መስመሮችን ቆረጠ፣ በትግራይ በተለያዩ ሰፈሮች ላይ በአንድ ጊዜ የተቀናጁና ሙሉ ኃይል የተጠቀሙ ጥቃቶችን ፈጸመ፣ ወታደራዊ ተቋማትንም ተቆጣጠረ። የህወሓት መሪዎች ጥቃታቸው ሰሜን ዕዙን ለማጥፋት ያለመ ቅድመ መከላከያ እርምጃ እንደነበር በጉራ ተናገሩ። ከጥቃቱ የተረፉት ወታደሮች በኋላ ያንን ሌሊት የሽብር፣ የክህደትና የከባድ ኪሳራ ሌሊት ብለው ገለጹት። ይህ በኢትዮጵያ ምርጥ፣ ብሩህ አእምሮ ያላቸውና ጀግና ልጆች ላይ የተፈጸመ ጥቃት ብቻ አልነበረም፤ በኢትዮጵያ ነፍስ ላይ የተፈጸመ ጥቃት ነበር። የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሰራዊት በህወሓት ላይ የመልሶ ማጥቃት ዘመቻ አካሄደ፤ በአንድ ሳምንት ገደማ ውስጥም መቀሌን ጨምሮ ዋና ዋና ከተሞችን እስከ ኅዳር 28 ቀን 2020 ድረስ መልሶ መቆጣጠር ቻለ። ይሁን እንጂ ይህ ድል በቀጥታ በክፉ፣ በሙስና በተበከለና በብቃት በጎደለው የ“እንቅልፋሙ ጆ ባይደን” አሜሪካ አስተዳደር ጣልቃ ገብነት ምክንያት በፍጥነት ተቀለበሰ። በኢትዮጵያ ውስጣዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ በግልጽ የተፈጸመ እጅግ አሳፋሪ ጣልቃ ገብነት በመሆኑ፣ የባይደን አስተዳደር በአውሮፓ ሕብረት፣ በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት፣ በምዕራባውያን መንግሥታት፣ በአሜሪካ ኮንግረስ የሕግ አውጭ እርምጃዎችና በሚዲያ ዘመቻዎች አማካይነት በኢትዮጵያ ላይ የተቀናጀ ጫና አደረገ። “መንገዱ ሲከብድ፣ ጠንካራዎች ይበልጥ ይጠነክራሉ።” ስለዚህም የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በባይደን አስተዳደር ጫና ፊት አቋሙን አጥብቆ ያዘ፤ ፈጽሞም አልተሸነፈም። በትግራይም በጽናት ተቋቋመ። ወደ ኋላ አልተመለሰም፣ እንዲጎተት አልፈቀደም፣ በሌሎች ግፊትም እንዲንበረከክ አልፈቀደም። ባይደን የኢትዮጵያን መንግሥት እስከ ገሃነም ደጅ ድረስ ገፋው፤ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት፣ የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሰራዊትና ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ግን ፈጽሞ አልተሸነፉም! ልክ እንደ አድዋ ዘማቾቻቸው አባቶች! የሰሜን ዕዝ ወታደሮች—የአድዋ ዘማች አርበኞች ወራሾች —እውነተኛ ባለሙያዎች ነበሩ። አገራቸውን ከአሸባሪዎች ለመከላከል ሕይወታቸውን የሰዉ ጀግኖች ነበሩ። ልክ እንደ አድዋ አባቶቻቸው፣ ከኢትዮጵያ የተለያዩ አቅጣጫዎች የመጡ ነበሩ። የተለያዩ ቋንቋዎችን ይናገሩ ነበር፤ የተለያዩ ሃይማኖቶችንም ያመልኩ ነበር። ነገር ግን አንድ ወጥ ዩኒፎርም ለብሰው፣ በአንድ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ሥር አገልግለው፣ ለእናት አገራቸው ለማገልገልና ካስፈለገም ለመሞት በገቡት በአንድ መሐላ መሠረት ኖሩ፤ ለአገራቸውም ሕይወታቸውን ሰጡ። እነዚያን ደፋር ወጣት ወንዶችና ሴቶች ሳስብ ልቤ በሐዘን ይከብዳል፤ አእምሮዬም በጭንቀት ይዋጣል። እነሱ የአንድ ሰው ልጆች፣ የአንድ ሰው አባቶችና እናቶች፣ ባሎችና ሚስቶች፣ አጎቶችና አክስቶች፣ ጎረቤቶች፣ የትምህርት ቤት ጓደኞችና የጦር ጓዶች ነበሩ። ሁሉም ምኞቶችና የወደፊት ዕቅዶች ነበሯቸው። ነገር ግን የኢትዮጵያን ክብር፣ ሉዓላዊነት፣ አንድነትና ልዕልና ለመጠበቅ ያ ሁሉ ሕልማቸው ነበር ። እግዚአብሔር ነፍሳቸውን ይማር! ይህ ነው መሥዋዕትነታቸውን ለአገራችን ከፍተኛ ዋጋ የሚሰጠው። ለእናት አገራቸው የሚያገለግሉ ወጣት ወንዶችና ሴቶች ከሁሉም በላይ የሚያስቡት ለአገራቸው ማገልገልን ብቻ በሆነበት አርበኛ አገር መንፈስን ይወክሉ ነበር። የብሔር፣ የቋንቋና የክልል ክፍፍሎች ለእነሱ ቦታ አልነበራቸውም። እናት አገራቸውን ለመከላከል ሕይወታቸውን የሰጡት ወታደሮች ኩሩ አገር እንድንሆን ያደርጉ ሰማዕታት ናቸው። የቤተሰቦቻቸው አባላት ሁሉንም ዓይነት አክብሮት፣ ክብርና ዘላለማዊ ምስጋናችን ይገባቸዋል። መሥዋዕትነታቸው በመታሰቢያ ቀን በምንናገረው ቃል ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ ለእናት አገራችን ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነትና የግዛት አንድነት ባለን ቁርጠኝነት፣ እንዲሁም ኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ታላቅ ለማድረግ ባለን የማይናወጥ ቁርጠኝነት መታወስ አለበት። ታላቅ አገር የሚገነባው በውይይት፣ በመስጠትና በመቀበል፣ እንዲሁም የጋራ መግባባት መንገድን ያለማቋረጥ በመፈለግ ነው። ክህደት ሁልጊዜ በፍትሕ መመለስ አለበት። ዓመፅ በሕገ መንግሥታዊነት መተካት አለበት። በብሔራዊ አንድነት ክፍፍልን ማሸነፍ አለብን። እዚያ እየደረስን ነው። ኢትዮጵያ ከፍ ከፍ እያለች እየተነሳች ነው። በቅርቡ ኢትዮጵያ የተመረጠችው “በኮረብታ ላይ ያለች ከተማ” ትሆናለች። በቅርቡ የታዩ ክስተቶች የትግራይ ሕዝብ ከከዳተኛው ህወሓት ጋር ፈጽሞ የተለየ መሆኑን ከጥርጥር በላይ አሳይተዋል። የትግራይ ሕዝብ የእኛ ወገን፣ የእኛ የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ናቸው። የህወሓት ኃጢአት፣ ክህደትና ክሕደተ አገርነት በጥሩው የትግራይ ሕዝብ ላይ መጫን የለበትም። ከሌሎች ኢትዮጵያውያን ጋር በእኩልነትና በአንድነት የተሻለ ወደፊት ለመገንባት ሰላም፣ አክብሮት፣ ደኅንነትና ዕድል ይገባቸዋል። ባለፉት ጥቂት ሳምንታት የትግራይ ሕዝብ ለመከላከያ ሰራዊቱ ያሳየው በጉጉትና በደስታ የተሞላ አቀባበል፣ መከላከያ ሰራዊቱ የትግራይ ሕዝብም ሰራዊት መሆኑን የሚያሳይ ከሁሉ የላቀ ማረጋገጫ ነው። ለሰሜን ዕዝ የወደቁ ወታደሮች፦ እናስታውሳችኋለን። እንወዳችኋለን። እናከብራችኋለን። ላደረጋችሁት አገልግሎትም እናመሰግናችኋለን። ለኢትዮጵያ አገልግላችኋል፤ ለኢትዮጵያም ሕይወታችሁን ሰጥታችኋል። መሥዋዕትነታችሁም ፈጽሞ አይረሳም። ስማችሁ ለዘላለም ይኖራል። መሥዋዕትነታችሁ ለዘላለም ይታወሳል። በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ያላችሁ ቦታ ለዘላለም የማይጠፋ ይሆናል። እስከ ዘላለም በክብር እረፉ! ኅዳር 3 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም.ን ፈጽሞ አትርሱ። ሰሜን ዕዙን ፈጽሞ አትርሱ። ለአገራቸው ሲዋጉ የሞቱትን፣ የቆሰሉትንና የተሰቃዩትን የመከላከያ ሰራዊት ወታደሮች ፈጽሞ አትርሱ። የሰሜን ዕዝ ሰማዕታት ወታደሮች ለዘላለም በሰላም ይረፉ ። መከላከያ ዛሬ። መከላከያ ነገ። መከላከያ ለዘላለም። መከላከያ ሰራዊታችን ረጅም ዘመን ይኑር! ኢትዮጵያችን ለዘላለም ዘመን ትኑር! የኢትዮጵያን ሰሜን ዕዝ የወደቁ ወታደሮች እናክብር፤ እነሱ የኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ታላቅ ለማድረግ ሕይወታቸውን ሰጥተዋልና! ሰምፐር ፋይ ኢትዮጵያ (Semper Fi) — ሁልጊዜ ለኢትዮጵያ ታማኝ! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @TemesgenTiru @RedwanHussien @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC

𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 — 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐘. 𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀. 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐄𝐖. It is with deep pride and appreciation that I pay my respects to the brave soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force's Northern Command who gave their lives on the fateful night of November 3, 2020—a date that will live in infamy in Ethiopian history. We cannot and shall not forget what happened on that damned and doomed night. Leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a terrorist group, launched an unprovoked, stealthy attack on the Ethiopian National Defense Force’s Northern Command in a betrayal unparalleled in the annals of military history. That attack triggered a catastrophic war for Ethiopia, resulting in untold devastation and suffering. The African Union mediator, Olusegun Obasanjo, stated that the war killed some 600,000 people. What is so sad is the fact that the soldiers massacred by the TPLF were not strangers in Tigray. They were federal soldiers deployed to protect the people of Tigray from the hordes of Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki. They had lived among the people of Tigray for over two decades. They assisted farmers with their harvests, provided labor, offered their expertise, and participated in communal activities. They were a vital part of the civil and military life of Tigray. On the night of the dastardly betrayal, the TPLF invited the senior officers of the Command to dinner and arrested them. These were men who had been brothers-in-arms with TPLF leaders. The TPLF cut communication lines, launched simultaneous, full-scale attacks on various barracks throughout Tigray, and seized military facilities. The TPLF leaders boasted that their attack was a preemptive strike intended to vanquish the Northern Command. Survivors later described that night as one of terror, treachery, and devastating losses. It was not just an attack on Ethiopia’s best, brightest, and bravest; it was an attack on the very soul of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian National Defense Force launched a counteroffensive against the TPLF and, in just about a week, was able to recapture major cities, including the regional capital Mekelle, by November 28, 2020. But that victory quickly unraveled because of the direct intervention of the Crooked, Corrupt, and Incompetent Sleepy Joe Biden administration. In a most flagrant act of interference in Ethiopia’s internal affairs, the Biden administration coordinated pressure on Ethiopia through the European Union, the United Nations, Western governments, congressional legislation, and media campaigns. “𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.” 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍—𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚! The Northern Command soldiers—the direct descendants of the patriots of the Battle of Adwa—were true professionals. They were heroes who died defending their country against terrorists. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐰𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. My heart grows heavy and my mind becomes depressed when I think of those courageous young men and women who were somebody’s sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, uncles and aunts, neighbors, schoolmates, and comrades-in-arms. They all had ambitions and futures. But they gave it all up to defend the honor, dignity, unity, and sovereignty of Ethiopia. May God bless their souls! This is what gives their sacrifice its supreme value to our nation. They embodied the spirit of a patriotic country in which, for the young men and women serving the Motherland, service to the nation is the only thing that matters. There are no ethnic, linguistic, or regional divides. Those who gave up their lives defending the Motherland are martyrs who sacrificed everything to make ours a proud nation. Their relatives deserve all our respect, honor, and eternal gratitude. Their sacrifice should be acknowledged not just through words on Memorial Day, but through our dedication to the unity and integrity of our Motherland, Ethiopia, and our unshakable commitment to MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN. A great nation is built on dialogue, give and take, and an unending pursuit of common ground. Betrayal must always be met with justice. Violence, with constitutionalism. Through national unity, we must overcome division. We are getting there. Ethiopia is rising higher and higher. Soon enough, Ethiopia will be the chosen “City Upon the Hill.” Recent events have shown beyond a shadow of doubt that the people of Tigray are not the same as the treacherous TPLF. They are our fellow Ethiopians. The sins, betrayal and treason of the TPLF cannot be laid upon the good people of Tigray. They deserve peace, respect, safety, and a chance to build a better future alongside other Ethiopians on the same and equal terms. In the past few weeks, the enthusiastic welcome the people of Tigray have extended to the ENDF is the ultimate proof that the ENDF belongs to the people of Tigray. To the fallen soldiers of the Northern Command: We remember you. We love you. We honor you. We are thankful for your service. You served and died for Ethiopia, and your sacrifice will never be forgotten. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎. 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃. 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃, 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘. 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄. 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐅 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘. 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐅 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖. 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐅 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑. 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐅! 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑, 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀! 𝐋𝐄𝐓’𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃, 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀. @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

ሁርሶ፦ መሪነትን መማር፣ በተግባር ምሳሌ መሆን እና ኢትዮጵያን ዳግም ታላቅ ማድረግ ከእንግሊዘኛ የተተረጎመ የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አሕመድ ሕይወት በወታደራዊ አገልግሎት ተቀርጿል። በ1991 ዓ.ም. በ14 ዓመታቸው የትጥቅ ትግሉን ተቀላቀሉ፤ በገጠር ተዋጊነት የሬዲዮ ኮሙኒኬሽን ኦፕሬተርና የመረጃ ሰራተኛ በመሆን አገልግለዋል። በ1993 ዓ.ም. በ17 ዓመታቸው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊትን ተቀላቀሉ። በ2010 ዓ.ም. በሌተና ኮሎኔል ማዕረግ ከወታደራዊ አገልግሎት ተሰናብተው፣ መሥርተውት ከነበረው የኢንፎርሜሽን ኔትወርክ ሴኪዩሪቲ ኤጀንሲ (INSA) በመውጣት ወደ ፖለቲካው ዓለም ገቡ። በዚያው ዓመት የፓርላማ አባል ሆነው ተመረጡ፤ ከ2015 እስከ 2016 ዓ.ም. የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትር ሆነው አገለገሉ፤ በ2018 ዓ.ም. ደግሞ የኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ሆኑ። አንዴ ወታደር የሆነ ሰው ሁልጊዜም ወታደር ነው! በዚህ ረገድ በፕላቶ የፍልስፍና ጽሑፎች ውስጥ ተመሳሳይ የሐሳብ ትይዩነት አለ። ፕላቶ በ«ሪፐብሊክ» (The Republic) እና «ሕጎች» (The Laws) በተሰኙ መጻሕፍቱ ውስጥ ዜጋ-ወታደርን የምሳሌያዊ መንግሥት መሠረት አድርጎ ይመለከተዋል። የፖሊስን (polis) ማለትም በፍትሕና በጋራ ጥቅም ላይ የተመሠረተውን ምሳሌያዊ የከተማ-መንግሥት ምርጥ ተከላካዮች ወታደራዊ ግዴታን ከዜግነት ኃላፊነት ጋር የሚያጣምሩ ዜጎች እንደሆኑ ያምን ነበር። ለፕላቶ፣ የአካል ብቃት ሥልጠና ከሥነ-ምግባርና ከፍልስፍና ትምህርት ጋር ሲጣመር ድፍረትና ፍትሕ በተሻለ ሁኔታ ይጎለብታሉ። የዚህ ዓላማ ደግሞ መንግሥትን የሚከላከሉ ሰዎች ለራሳቸው ጥቅም ሳይሆን ለጋራ ጥቅም እንዲያገለግሉ ማረጋገጥ ነበር። ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ በX (ትዊተር) ላይ እንዳስታወቁት፣ በመደመር መንግሥታቸው ውስጥ ያሉ ሲቪል ካቢኔ አባላትና ከፍተኛ የብልጽግና ፓርቲ አመራሮች በሶማሌ ክልል በሚገኘው ሁርሶ የወታደራዊ ዘይቤ ያለው ሥልጠና እየወሰዱ ነው። የሀገር ብልጽግና በአካል ብቁ፣ በሥነ-ምግባር ጠንካራ እና በአእምሮ ብቃት ያላቸው አመራሮችን ይፈልጋል በማለት የሥልጠናውን ዓላማ አብራርተዋል። በተጨማሪም፣ ወታደራዊ ተቋማት ስለ ሥነ-ሥርዓት፣ አርበኝነት፣ የቡድን ሥራ፣ ተጠያቂነትና አመራር አስፈላጊ ትምህርቶችን እንደሚያስተምሩ ገልጸዋል። እነዚህም ኢትዮጵያ የልማትና የሥልጣኔ ግንባታ ግቦቿን ለማሳካት የሚያስፈልጉ ቁልፍ ብቃቶች ናቸው። ዛሬ ኢትዮጵያ ከባድ የብሔራዊ ደኅንነት ስጋቶችን፣ እንዲሁም በሀገራዊ አንድነቷ፣ በግዛታዊ አንድነቷና በሉዓላዊነቷ ላይ ፈተና የሚደቅኑ ከባድ የኢኮኖሚ፣ የፖለቲካና የአስተዳደር ችግሮችን እየተጋፈጠች ነው። ብቃትና ክህሎት ያላቸው አመራሮች፣ ጠንካራና ውጤታማ ተቋማት፣ እንዲሁም ብሔራዊ ቅድሚያ የተሰጣቸውን ግቦች ወደ ተጨባጭ ውጤት የመቀየር አቅም ማግኘት ለሀገሪቱ አስቸኳይና የማይካድ ፍላጎት ነው። ተቺዎች የሁርሶ ተነሳሽነት የሲቪል መንግሥትን ወታደራዊ ባህሪ የማላበስ እርምጃ ነው ይላሉ። ወታደራዊ የሥርዓት ዲሲፕሊን ለሲቪል ፖለቲካ አመራሮች ተገቢ እንዳልሆነ፣ ወታደራዊ ዘዴዎችና እሴቶች የሲቪል አስተዳደርን ሊያዳክሙና አምባገነንነትን ሊያበረታቱ እንደሚችሉ ይከራከራሉ። በተጨማሪም፣ ወታደራዊ ሥልጠና የቡድን ሥራን፣ የአካል ጽናትን፣ ቅንጅትንና በጫና ውስጥ የመሥራት ችሎታን ሊያዳብር ቢችልም፣ እነዚህ ችሎታዎች በሲቪል መንግሥት ውስጥ ያላቸው ጠቀሜታ ውስን ነው ይላሉ። ምክንያቱም ሲቪል አስተዳደር የተለየ የብቃት ስብስብ ይፈልጋል፤ እነሱም የፖሊሲ ትንተና፣ ድርድር፣ የቢሮክራሲ አስተዳደር፣ እንዲሁም የተለያዩ የማኅበረሰብ ክፍሎች የሚጋጩ ጥቅሞችን ማስማማትና ማቀናጀት ናቸው። ሌሎች ደግሞ ከመንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት ጋር ከፍተኛ የገዢው ፓርቲ አመራሮች መካተታቸውን ይጠይቃሉ። ሥልጠናው የአስተዳደር ብቃትን ከማሻሻል ይልቅ ርዕዮተ ዓለማዊ አንድነትንና ለፓርቲው ያለ ታማኝነትን ሊያጠናክር ይችላል ብለው ይሰጋሉ። አንዳንዶች ሥልጠናውን በግድ የውትድርና ግዳጅ መጣል ብለውም ገልጸውታል። የእኔ ምላሽ ቀላል ነው፦ የፓርቲ አመራር ወይም የካቢኔ አባል መሆን ካልተመቻችሁ፣ ቀላል መፍትሔ አለ፤ «ኩሽና (ወጥ በት) ዉስጥ እሳት ከለበለባችሁ ፣ ቀስ ብላችሁ ዉጡ !» ነገር ግን ከዚህ የበለጠ አስፈላጊው ጥያቄ ይህ ነው፦ ኢትዮጵያ እየተጋፈጠቻቸው ካሉት አስቸኳይ የብሔራዊ ደኅንነት፣ የፖለቲካና የአስተዳደር ፈተናዎች አንጻር፣ ሲቪል አመራሮች ከሙያዊና ከፍተኛ ውጤታማነት ካለው ተቋም፣ ከኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊት፣ ሥነ-ሥርዓትን፣ የቡድን ሥራን፣ ዕቅድን፣ ቅንጅትንና የቀውስ አመራርን መማር ይጠቅማቸዋልን? ወታደራዊ አገልግሎት ወይም ወታደራዊ ዘይቤ ያለው ሥልጠና ለሲቪል አመራሮች የመሪነት፣ የአስተዳደርና የአፈጻጸም ብቃታቸውን በከፍተኛ ደረጃ የሚያሻሽሉ ክህሎቶችን ሊያስጨብጥ ይችላልን? ይህንን የሚያረጋግጥ በማስረጃ የተደገፈ ጥናት አለን? የወታደራዊ አመራር መርሆዎችን በሲቪል የሥራ አካባቢዎች እንዴት መተግበር እንደሚቻል የሚያብራሩ ጉልህ ምርምሮችና ተግባራዊ ልምዶች አሉ። ቻድ ስቶርሊ (Chad Storlie) የጻፈው «ከውጊያ መሪነት ወደ ኮርፖሬት መሪነት» (The Combat Leader to Corporate Leader) የተሰኘው መጽሐፍ፣ ከውጊያ መሪነት ልምድ ተነስቶ ውጤታማ የድርጅት አመራርን ለማዳበር 20 ትምህርቶችን ያቀርባል። ተመሳሳይ አመለካከት በአሜሪካ የቀድሞ የመከላከያ ሚኒስትር በጄኔራል ጂም ማቲስ (Jim Mattis) የቀረበ ነው። በኒውዮርክ ታይምስ የምርጥ ሽያጭ መጽሐፍ ዝርዝር ውስጥ የገባው «የጦርነት መጠሪያ፦ ቻኦስ፤ መሪነትን መማር» (Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead) የተሰኘው መጽሐፉ፣ እንደ ወታደራዊ መሪ ከነበራቸው ልምዶች ያገኟቸውን ትምህርቶች ያብራራል። ማቲስ ከወታደራዊ ልምዶቹ በመነሳት፣ መሪዎች በተግባር ምሳሌ መሆን፣ ዘወትር መማር፣ ጥሩ የውሳኔ ሐሳብ መያዝና ብቃት ያላቸውን ቡድኖች መገንባት እንዳለባቸው ያጎላሉ። ማቲስ የወታደራዊ አመራር መርሆዎች በሲቪል ድርጅቶች ውስጥም ሊተገበሩ እንደሚችሉ ይከራከራሉ። ሆኖም ይህ የሚሳካው መሪዎች ብቃትን፣ ታማኝነትንና ከታሪክ መማርን እውነተኛ ዋጋ ሲሰጡ ብቻ ነው። እኔ እንደማምነው፣ በተሳካላቸው ወታደራዊ መሪዎች ልምድ ላይ የተመሠረቱ ትምህርቶች፣ ከአመራርና ከድርጅታዊ አፈጻጸም ጥናቶች ጋር ተደምረው፣ ለኢትዮጵያ ያለውን ሁኔታ በቀጥታ የሚመለከቱ ናቸው። በአራት ጥራዞች የሀገራዊ ራዕዩን ያብራራው የመደመር መንግሥት፣ አነቃቂ ምኞቶችንና ግልጽ ዓላማዎችን አስቀምጧል። ሆኖም ግን፣ ደካማ የተቋማት ቅንጅት፣ የቢሮክራሲ ቅልጥፍና ማነስ፣ የአፈጻጸም ድክመትና ሁልጊዜ በበቂ ጥንቃቄ ያልተመዘኑ ስትራቴጂያዊ ውሳኔዎች ያሉ ችግሮች እንደገጠሙት መቀበል ያስፈልጋል። ሲቪል አመራሮች የሚመዘኑት በሚያውጁት ራዕይና ተልዕኮ ብቻ ሊሆን አይችልም። እነዚያን ራዕዮችና ግቦች ለማሳካት ሰዎችንና ተቋማትን ማንቀሳቀስና ወደ ተጨባጭ ውጤት ማምጣት በሚችሉበት አቅም መመዘን አለባቸው። ታዲያ ምን መደረግ አለበት? በእኔ እምነት፣ ጠንካራና ጥልቅ የወታደራዊ ዘይቤ ያለው ሥልጠና የመደመር መንግሥት ሲቪል ፖለቲካ አመራሮች በሕዝብ አገልግሎት ውስጥ በቀጥታ የሚጠቅሙ ጠቃሚ ብቃቶችን እንዲያዳብሩ ሊረዳ ይችላል። እነዚህም ሥነ-ሥርዓት፣ ስትራቴጂያዊ አስተሳሰብ፣ የቀውስ አመራር፣ ድርጅታዊ ቅንጅትና በጫና ውስጥ ትክክለኛ ውሳኔ የመስጠት ችሎታ ናቸው። እነዚህ ክህሎቶች ለሲቪል መንግሥት ተስማሚ በሆነ መልኩ ከተተገበሩ፣ የሕዝብ አስተዳደርን ሊያጠናክሩ፣ የተቋማትን አፈጻጸም ሊያሻሽሉና መንግሥት ለሀገራዊ ቅድሚያ የተሰጣቸው ጉዳዮችና ለአስቸኳይ ሁኔታዎች የመመለስ አቅሙን ሊያሳድጉ ይችላሉ። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ በሁርሶ ሥልጠናዎች ላይ በግል መሳተፋቸው፣ ምንም እንኳን በሥልጠናው ሙሉ የጊዜ ርዝመት ያልተገኙ ቢሆንም፣ ለዚህ ተነሳሽነት አስፈላጊ የሆነ ሌላ ገጽታ ይጨምራል፤ ይህም በተግባር ምሳሌ ሆኖ መምራት ነው። በተግባር ምሳሌ ሆኖ መምራት ማለት ሌሎች እንዲያሟሉ የሚጠበቅባቸውን መስፈርቶችና የአፈጻጸም ጥበቃዎች መሪውም ራሱ ለማሟላት ፈቃደኛ መሆን ማለት ነው። መሪው የሥልጠና ልብስ መልበስ፣ ፑሽ-አፕ መሥራት ወይም በጭቃ ውስጥ መንከባለል ካለበት፣ እንዲሁ ይሁን! የአንድ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር በሥልጠናው መሳተፍ፣ ብቃት ያላቸውን አመራሮች ማፍራት ሌላ ተራ የአስተዳደር ልምምድ ብቻ ሳይሆን የመንግሥት ቅድሚያ የተሰጠው ጉዳይ መሆኑን የሚያሳይ መልዕክት ነው። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ ሥነ-ሥርዓትን በቃል ከመጠየቅ ይልቅ በተግባር እያሳዩ ነው። ከዚያም በላይ፣ ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣናትና መሪያቸው በአንድ የጋራ ተግባር ላይ ሲሳተፉ፣ ግንኙነቶችን ለመገንባት፣ የጋራ መግባባትን ለማጠናከርና የጋራ ዓላማ ስሜትን ለማዳበር ዕድል ያገኛሉ። መሪያቸውን ትልቁ አለቃ ብቻ እንደሆነ ሳይሆን እንደ እነርሱ አንዱ ሆኖ ማየት ይችላሉ። እርሱም መሬት አቧራ ላይ ተቀምጧል፤ እነርሱም ከእርሱ ጋር በዚያው ውስጥ ናቸው! ይህ የጄኔራል ዳግላስ ማክአርተርን (Douglas MacArthur) አባባል ያስታውሰኛል፦ «አንድ ጄኔራል በእሱ ትዕዛዝ ሥር ያሉት ወታደሮች ጥሩ እንዲሆነ ወይም መጥፎ እንዲሆነ ያሳዩታል።» የማክአርተርን አባባል በሲቪል አመራር ዘርፍ ስንተረጉመው፣ ሀገራዊ አመራር በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ብቻ ሊመሠረት አይችልም ማለት ነው። የኢትዮጵያ ሀገራዊ ዓላማዎች ፖሊሲን ወደ ተግባር መቀየር የሚችሉ፣ ብቃት ያላቸው፣ ሥነ-ሥርዓት የሚከተሉ፣ በቅንጅት የሚሠሩና ቁርጠኛ የሆኑ የሲቪል አመራሮችን የያዘ ቡድን ይፈልጋሉ። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ በግል መሳተፋቸው ተዓማኒነታቸውንና በእርሳቸው ሥር የሚያገለግሉትን ሰዎች እምነት ሊያጠናክር ይችላል። ከዚህም በተጨማሪ አንድ አስፈላጊ መርህን ያጎላል፤ መሪ ሌሎች እንዲያሟሉ የሚጠብቀውን መስፈርት በራሱ ተግባር ማሳየት አለበት። «እኔ እንዳደርግ ሳይሆን እንዳልኩህ አድርግ» የሚል መሪ በእኔ ዘንድ ዋጋ የለውም። እርግጥ ነው፣ በሥልጠናው ላይ መሳተፍ ራሱ የሂደቱ የመጀመሪያ እርምጃ ብቻ ነው። በሁርሶ የሚዳብሩት እሴቶች በመጨረሻ በተጨባጭ የመንግሥት አስተዳደር ውጤት መፈተን አለባቸው። የዚህ ሥልጠና በመደመር መንግሥት ውስጥ ያለው ስኬት የሚለካው በሚያፈራው ውጤት ነው፦ የመንግሥት ተቋማት በተሻለ ውጤታማነት መሥራት ጀምረዋልን? ውሳኔዎችን ወደ ተግባር የመቀየር ሂደት የበለጠ ቀልጣፋ ሆኗልን? ባለሥልጣናት የበለጠ ተጠያቂና የግል ኃላፊነት የሚወስዱ ሆነዋልን? መንግሥት የቀውስ ሁኔታዎችን ለመቋቋም የተሻለ ዝግጁነት አግኝቷልን? የሕዝብ ተቋማት በተሻለ ብቃትና ውጤታማነት መሥራት ጀምረዋልን? በወታደራዊና በሲቪል አመራር መካከል ጉልህ ልዩነት መኖሩ እርግጥ ነው። ሁለቱ አንዳንድ የጋራ ባህሪያት ቢኖሯቸውም፣ አንድና ተመሳሳይ አይደሉም። በሌላ አነጋገር፣ ሲቪል አመራሮች በወታደራዊ ሥልጠና ሲሳተፉ የወታደራዊ ተቋማትን ጥንካሬ መማር እንጂ የትዕዛዝና ቁጥጥር ባህላቸውን በሲቪል አስተዳደር ላይ መተካት የለባቸውም። ሚኒስትሮች ወታደራዊ አዛዦች አይደሉም፤ ዜጎችም ወታደሮች አይደሉም፤ የፖለቲካ ኃላፊነትም ወታደራዊ ታዛዥነትን ተክቶ ሊቀመጥ አይችልም። ሥነ-ሥርዓትን፣ የቡድን ሥራን፣ ስትራቴጂያዊ ዕቅድን፣ የቀውስ አመራርንና የውሳኔ አሰጣጥን በወታደራዊ ሥልጠና ለሲቪል አመራሮች ማስተማር ይቻላል። እነዚህ ባህሪያት ሁሉ ለሲቪል መንግሥት እጅግ ጠቃሚ ናቸው። የወታደራዊ ተቋማትን ጥንካሬዎች መንግሥትን ወታደራዊ ሳያደርጉ በሲቪል አመራሮች ሊወሰዱና ሊተገበሩ ይችላሉ። ሆኖም ሲቪል አመራሮች ሁልጊዜ ማስታወስ ያለባቸው ነገር አለ፤ አፈጻጸማቸውን ከሕገ-መንግሥታዊ መስፈርቶች ጋር ማጣጣም፣ የቡድን አስተሳሰብንና ያለ ትችት እንደ መንጋ የመከተል ዝንባሌን ማስወገድ፣ ሂሳዊ አስተሳሰብን ማዳበር፣ አካታች መሆን፣ የተለያዩ አመለካከቶችን የሚያንጸባርቁ ሰዎችን በውሳኔ ሂደቱ ማሳተፍ፣ የተቃውሞ አስተያየትን መቻቻል፣ እንዲሁም ውሳኔዎቻቸውን ግልጽና ተጠያቂ በሆነ መንገድ መስጠት አለባቸው። የማክአርተር አባባል ለመደመር መንግሥት ወሳኝ የሆነ ትርጉም አለው። የአንድ አዛዥ ስኬት በእርሱ የግል ብቃት ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ በእርሱ ሥር ባሉት ሠራተኞች ብቃትም ይወሰናል። ይህ ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትርም ተመሳሳይ እውነት ነው። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ ሀገራዊ ዓላማዎችን በብቸኝነት ማሳካት አይችሉም። ትክክለኛ ግምት መስጠት፣ ተነሳሽነት ማሳየት፣ ችግሮችን መለየት፣ መፍትሔዎችን ማቅረብና ኃላፊነት መውሰድ የሚችሉ ብቃት ያላቸው ሰዎችን ይፈልጋሉ። የእርሳቸው ኃላፊነት በአመራር ቡድናቸው ውስጥ ያሉ ሰዎች በትክክል እንዲዘጋጁ፣ ሥልጣንና አቅም እንዲሰጣቸው፣ እንዲሁም ለአፈጻጸማቸው ተጠያቂ እንዲሆኑ ማረጋገጥ ነው። በሁርሶ ሥልጠና ላይ የሚሳተፉ አመራሮች በራሳቸው ማሰብን፣ ተነሳሽነት ማሳየትን፣ ችግሮችን መለየትን፣ መፍትሔዎችን ማቅረብንና ለውጤቶች ኃላፊነት መውሰድን እንዲያበረታቱ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ እንደሚያበረታቱ እምነቴ ጽኑ ነው። ትዕዛዝን ብቻ የሚከተሉ፣ «አዎ ጌታዬ» ከማለት የዘለለ ሐሳብ የሌላቸው ታዛዥ አመራሮች እንዲሆኑ አይደለም። የአንድ መሪ የመጨረሻ መለኪያ እርሱ በግሉ ምን ማከናወን እንደሚችል ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ በአመራሩ ሥር ያሉ ሰዎችና ተቋማት ምን ማሳካት እንደሚችሉ ነው። የአንድ ነገር ጥሩነት የሚታወቀው በተግባር ሲፈተን ነው! የመደመር መንግሥት አመራሮች የሁርሶን ልምድ በሚቀጥሉት አምስት ዓመታት ውስጥ ወደ አስደናቂ ስኬቶች እንደሚቀይሩትና ኢትዮጵያን ዳግም ታላቅ እንደሚያደርጓት ጽኑ እምነት አለኝ! ኢትዮጵያን ዳግም ታላቅ እናድርግ! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @binalf7 @TemesgenTiru #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @RedwanHussien @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC

𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐎: 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃, 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's life has been shaped by military service. He joined the armed struggle in 1991, at the age of 14, serving as a guerrilla fighter serving in the capacity of radio operator and intelligence officer. In 1993, at age 17, he joined the Ethiopian National Defense Force. In 2010, he left military service with the rank of lieutenant colonel and departed the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), which he had founded, to enter politics. He was elected to Parliament that year and later served as Minister of Science and Technology from 2015 to 2016 before becoming Prime Minister in 2018. Once a soldier, always a soldier! There is an interesting philosophical parallel in the writings of Plato. In The Republic and The Laws, Plato regarded the citizen-soldier as a foundation of his ideal state. He believed that the best defenders of the polis—the ideal city-state organized around justice and the common good—were citizens who combined military duty with civic responsibility. For Plato, courage and justice were best cultivated when physical training was accompanied by moral and philosophical education. The purpose was to ensure that those who defended the state served the common good rather than their own interests. A few days ago, PM Abiy announced on X that civilian cabinet members in his Medemer government and senior Prosperity Party leaders were undergoing military-style training at Hurso, in the Somali Region. He explained that national prosperity requires leadership that is "physically fit, morally strong and intellectually capable." He also argued that military institutions offer essential lessons in discipline, patriotism, teamwork, accountability, and leadership—qualities necessary to advance Ethiopia's development and civilization-building ambitions. Ethiopia today faces grave national security threats, as well as serious economic, political, and administrative challenges to its unity, territorial integrity, and sovereignty. The country's need for skilled and competent leadership, strong and effective institutions, and the ability to turn national priorities into practical results is urgent and undeniable. Critics argue that the Hurso initiative amounts to the militarization of civilian government. They contend that military-style discipline is inappropriate for civilian political leaders and that military methods and values could undermine civilian governance and encourage authoritarianism. They argue that while military training may develop teamwork, physical resilience, coordination, and the ability to function under pressure, these skills have limited value in civilian government, which requires a different set of competencies: policy analysis, negotiation, bureaucratic management, and the ability to work with and reconcile the competing interests of different sectors of society. Others question the inclusion of senior ruling-party leaders alongside government officials. They fear that the training will do little to improve governance and may instead reinforce ideological conformity and political loyalty. Some have even characterized the training as involuntary conscription. 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: "𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧!" But the more important question is this: In light of the urgent national security, political, and administrative challenges Ethiopia faces, can civilian leaders benefit from learning discipline, teamwork, planning, coordination, and crisis management from a professional and highly effective military institution—the Ethiopian National Defense Force? 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? There is substantial research and practical experience examining how military leadership principles can be applied in civilian settings. "The Combat Leader to Corporate Leader" book written by Chad Storlie provides 20 lessons for developing a corporate leader from a combat leader. A similar argument is put forward by General Jim Mattis who served as the United States' Secretary of Defense. His New York Times bestseller 'Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead' explains the lessons he learned as a military leader. Using his military experiences, Mattis underscores the need for leaders to lead by example, learn all the time, have good judgment, and build competent teams. Mattis argues principles of military leadership can be applied to civilian organizations, but only when leaders value competence, integrity, and history. I believe the lessons drawn from the experiences of accomplished military leaders, together with research on leadership and organizational performance, are relevant to Ethiopia's circumstances. The Medemer government, whose national vision is explained in four volumes, has articulated compelling aspirations and clearly stated objectives. Yet, admittedly, it has faced problems of poor coordination, bureaucratic inefficiency, weak implementation, and strategic decisions that have not always been adequately considered. Civilian leaders cannot be measured simply by the visions and missions they announce. They must be measured by their ability to mobilize people and institutions to achieve them. So, what is to be done? I believe intensive military-style training can help Medemer's civilian political leaders develop valuable competencies directly relevant to public service. These include discipline, strategic thinking, crisis management, organizational coordination, and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure. Properly adapted to civilian government, these skills can strengthen public administration, improve institutional performance, and enhance the government's capacity to respond to national priorities and emergencies. 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡-𝐮𝐩𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭! A prime minister's participation sends a message that developing capable leaders is not merely another administrative exercise. It is a government priority. PM Abiy is demonstrating rather than simply demanding discipline. Beyond that, when senior officials and their leader participate in a common activity, they have an opportunity to build relationships, strengthen mutual understanding, and develop a shared sense of purpose. They get to see their leader as one of them, rather than simply as the big boss. He is sitting in the dirt, and so are they! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫'𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: "𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦." 𝐀 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, "𝐃𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐨." Certainly, the act of participation itself is just the first step in the process. The values that are fostered in Hurso must eventually prove themselves through actual governance. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲? 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞? 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲? There is, of course, a significant difference between military and civilian leadership. While they have common traits, the two are not synonymous. In other words, military training of civilian leaders should not involve adopting the military's command and control culture while learning from its advantages. Ministers are not military commanders, citizens are not troops, and political responsibility cannot substitute military obedience. Discipline, teamwork, strategic planning, crisis management, and decision making can be taught to civilian leaders through military training. All these qualities would serve well to the civilian government. The benefits of the military can be adopted by the civilian leaders without militarizing government. But the civilian leaders must always remember to conform their performance with constitutional requirements, avoid groupthink and herd mentality, adopt critical thinking methods, be inclusive and engage people with divergent perspectives in the process, tolerate dissent, and be accountable and transparent in their decision-making. 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. I am confident that PM Abiy will encourage Hurso participants to think independently, take initiative, identify problems, propose solutions, and take responsibility for results—not simply follow orders like yes-men and yes-women. The ultimate measure of a leader is not simply what he can accomplish personally, but what the people and institutions under his leadership are capable of accomplishing. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐒/𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐒. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, “𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬” (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟏), 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 “𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭” (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎) 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥? @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica #Eritrea @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐀! Below are excerpts from my personal, point-by-point response to President Sisi’s speech at the Cairo Water Week Conference. My full response is available here: megatopia.org/what-is-good-f… ====================================== 𝐌𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭-𝐛𝐲-𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡. I welcome President Sisi’s message of cooperation, shared prosperity, and dialogue. I commend his recognition of the development rights of all Nile Basin countries, his support for partnerships in the sustainable use of Nile waters, and his expressed willingness to pursue dialogue with Ethiopia and Sudan. I am particularly encouraged by his emphasis on cooperation with Ethiopia as an Egyptian objective. This acknowledgment provides an important opening for constructive engagement and a renewed effort to transform the Nile from a source of disagreement into a foundation for regional cooperation and shared prosperity. I urge President Sisi to extend this same spirit of cooperation, dialogue, and mutual respect to the question of the Red Sea. Ethiopia’s interest in securing reliable access to the sea is a legitimate economic and strategic concern rooted in its geography, population, and long-term development needs. President Sisi has shown great statesmanship by changing his mind on the Nile from confrontation to cooperation, from bluster to dialogue, and from saber-rattling to diplomacy. Reality can be rough, but it is the best teacher. The reality upon which Egypt calculated its strategic planning in Ethiopia has changed. Forever. Be that as it may, I shall give him the benefit of the doubt and full credit. I believe he made those statements at the conference because, after decades of threats and confrontation with Ethiopia, he has arrived at an epiphany, as it were—an “Aha! Eureka!” moment. His remarks are indicative of the fact that he now understands the futility of decades of confrontation and threats against Ethiopia. The only thing Egypt has gained by by defiantly and hubristically refusing to dialogue with Ethiopia and insisting on the legitimacy of its antiquated colonial-era treaties that gave it monopoly over Nile waters and its own fantasy of Nile as divine birthright is diplomatic heartache and the enmity and contempt of the Ethiopian people. His intransigence has also steeled the resolve of the Ethiopians to complete the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the largest hydro dam in Africa. We have so much in common. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt share a deep historical relationship that spans over 16 centuries during which the Pope of Alexandria in Egypt appointed all the prelates and high-ranking ecclesiastical leaders of the Tewahedo Church. Ethiopia even passed a special law, Proclamation No. 897/2015, approving the Trade Agreement signed between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. There is the Ethiopian-Egyptian Business Council as a platform for expanding trade, investment and economic cooperation. What is remarkable, and why I believe in President Sisi’s sincerity in his opening speech at the Water Conference, is the fact that PM Abiy Ahmed has been saying all of the things President Sisi said at the conference over the past eight years. True to his “Medemer” philosophy, PM Abiy has consistently championed a multilateral approach in dealing with the dispute over Nile waters. He has repeatedly called for high levels of cooperation between the Nile Basin nations, and pooling resources for mutual development. He has completely rejected any notion of unilateral monopoly of Nile waters. He has publicly urged Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan to use the Nile and synergize their economies for shared prosperity. It is manifest that, for the first time in the past eight years, PM Abiy and President Sisi are on the exact same page on the use of the Nile River as a turbine for regional and collective economic development and prosperity, and as a bulwark against regional conflict and destabilization. In light of his “shared prosperity” message, I urge President Sisi to temper his new approach with the principle of equivalence. Equal standards should apply to situations that are substantially similar. In other words, there should be no double standards for the Nile River and the Red sea. What is sauce for the goose (Nile) is sauce for the gander (Red Sea). So, I raise a simple question for President Sisi: If the principles he outlined— shared prosperity, dialogue, sharing resources, and conflict avoidance —are right for the Nile Basin countries, why should the same principles not also guide the nations bordering the Red Sea? My position is that what is good for the Nile is good for the Red Sea. It is a simple water calculus: Egypt’s demand for water security on the Nile should be balanced with Ethiopia’s demand for maritime and economic security on the Red Sea. The solution to the dispute over the Nile or the Red Sea does not come from a war of words or water wars on the Nile or the Red Sea. It comes from a sincere desire and determined efforts to use natural resources for the shared prosperity of all. The Red Sea has always been Ethiopia’s gateway and connection to the world. Ethiopia must regain its gateway, seaway to the world by any means necessary. To me, Ethiopia’s loss of sea access bears a striking resemblance to the annexation of the Sudetenland, the German-speaking western region of Czechoslovakia, by Nazi Germany. In 1938, Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy signed the Munich Agreement, permitting Nazi Germany to take over the Sudetenland. The agreement was negotiated without the participation of Czechoslovak representatives or anyone else representing Czechoslovak interests. Similarly, Ethiopia’s port of Assab was given away to Eritrea under a transitional government led by rebel leaders who had no legal authority whatsoever. A matter of such profound consequence for Ethiopia’s sovereignty, economic future, and access to the sea was effectively settled through a private deal of two sworn and dyed-in-the-wool anti-Ethiopian rebel leaders, without meaningful public debate, parliamentary scrutiny, transparent national deliberation, or a demonstrable process to safeguard Ethiopia’s long-term strategic interests. It is an outrage for a transitional government to treat a nation’s vital strategic interests as its personal property, to be casually surrendered or given away at will. A decision with consequences spanning generations was made without the informed consent of the Ethiopian people or a credible demonstration that their national interests had been fully represented. The fundamental question is: Can a private political bargain under the table, with no transparency, between rebel leaders, establish a legally binding and internationally recognized disposition of sovereign territory? Must Ethiopia wage a war in 2026 to resolve its maritime predicament and regain access to Assab? Egypt and Ethiopia are in the same boat when it comes to their water security. Their economic development is tied to their geography and natural resources. If the Nile is a lifeline for Egypt, maritime connection is a lifeline for Ethiopia. Just as Egypt has a right to secure arrangements to ensure water security on the Nile for its development, so does Ethiopia have a right to arrange access to the sea and ocean for its economic survivability and thrivability. Being landlocked is not a circular line on a map. It comes with huge costs. So, President Sisi must address certain critical questions as part of his new approach to the Nile dispute resolution. Why should Egypt expect its unique geographical circumstances to be accepted while it actively opposes Ethiopia’s sea access question? Or insist as stated in the October 4, 2026 El Alamein Joint Declaration that governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of littoral states, intentionally and flagrantly excluding Ethiopia. As President Sisi stated, the Nile must be “a bridge between peoples and a river that brings us together and does not split us apart.” The same logic applies to the Red Sea. If the Nile is to be a bridge between peoples, then the Red Sea must also be a bridge between peoples, not a water all to separate neighbors but a conduit for economic collaboration and mutual benefit. Such is the logic of shared prosperity on the Nile and the Red Sea. It is also the logic President Sisi invoked when he argued that the Nile Basin’s common interests are greater than its differences. It is the same logic PM Abiy urged when he said the Horn of Africa has more than 5,000 km of coastline which can be a fountain head of shared prosperity for million of people. History bears witness. On September 27, 1993, Ethiopia and Eritrea reached the Transit and Port Services Agreement, which expressly designated the ports of Assab and Massawa as transit ports for goods originating from or destined for Ethiopia. It recognized the importance of unhindered transit to Ethiopia’s international trade and economic development. The UN later included the Agreement in its Law of the Sea Bulletin, thereby documenting it as a bilateral agreement between the two countries. In 1998, Eritrea invaded Ethiopia. The Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission subsequently found that Eritrea violated Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter by attacking and occupying Badme and other territories then under peaceful Ethiopian administration on May 12, 1998. That is a formal and binding conclusion of an international arbitral commission. I believe Afewerki invaded Ethiopia not to resolve a border dispute. Today, the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remains undemarcated on the ground, although its legal line was delimited by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission in 2002. If demarcation was Afewerki’s real objective, he would have had his border demarcated nearly a quarter of a century ago. Afewerki invaded Ethiopia with a hidden and nefarious agenda. He wanted to violate the 1993 Agreement but could not do so openly and needed a justification. If he invaded Ethiopia, there would be a state of war between the two countries, and he could simply disrupt Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea through Assab on the grounds that the two countries were at war. Eritrean officials have invoked the Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission’s 2005 Ports Award to justify terminating Ethiopia’s access to Assab during the war and walking away from the 1993 Agreement. Eritrean officials disclose only one part of the Commission’s findings, namely, that once an international armed conflict existed, a belligerent could lawfully terminate commercial access to its ports notwithstanding prior peacetime agreements. Most importantly, the Commission did NOT declare the 1993 Agreement permanently invalid, nullify it as a treaty, or determine that Eritrea was forever released from the possibility of negotiating or honoring equivalent transit obligations in peacetime. Nor did it establish that the Agreement could be extinguished permanently merely by the outbreak of war. The fact of the matter is that the Commission’s mandate under Article 5 of the 2000 Algiers Agreement was to adjudicate claims for loss, damage, or injury arising from violations of international law connected with the conflict. Its Ports Award addressed only and only the legality of the wartime interruption of commercial access and the treatment of stranded cargo. It was NOT a comprehensive adjudication of the continuing legal status of the 1993 Agreement after the cessation of hostilities. The distinction matters: a ruling that wartime termination of trade was lawful is not a ruling that a bilateral treaty was permanently extinguished. Ethiopia should therefore reserve its right to pursue a rigorous legal examination of the 1993 Agreement, its continuing status, and any obligations or claims that may arise from it. It will pursue those interests through diplomacy, negotiation, and any mutually accepted international legal mechanism available. If peaceful means fail, then Ethiopia can enforce its treaty rights by any means necessary, come hell or high water! The question is not whether Ethiopia should enforce its treaty rights by force, but how international law can be used to help Ethiopia and its neighbors develop practical arrangements that serve their legitimate mutual interests. Various options are available, including reinstating the 1993 Agreement, negotiating a commercial port-access agreement, establishing a long-term lease, creating a jointly financed logistics corridor, or reaching another mutually agreed arrangement. Egypt cannot credibly champion cooperation as the answer to Nile Basin tensions while opposing, as a matter of principle, peaceful negotiations that could address Ethiopia’s maritime predicament or issuing a declaration which states Ethiopia cannot be part of the governance of the Red Sea. That would be to speak with a forked tongue, a double standard. So, there is a meeting of minds between the two leaders. Neither government can be expected to abandon its vital national interest. Both agree the way forward is not threats against neighbors but securing durable agreements through diplomacy, mutual accommodation, and respect for international law. @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐘 𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐃: 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐘! (Partial translation of PM Abiy Ahmed’s remarks offcially receiving deliveries of SU-35 fighter and S-400 defense systems in Moscow.) “Preparation prevents war. Those who are unprepared for war invite it; those who are prepared deter it. During our meeting with President Putin at the BRICS Summit in India, we requested the accelerated delivery of the Su-35 fighter aircraft originally scheduled for delivery in 2027. President Putin ordered that delivery be expedited. Ethiopia will now receive the first batch of 12 Su-35 fighter aircraft and four batteries of S-400 air defense systems. The turmoil and disorder we see in many countries stem from their failure to make adequate military preparations during peacetime. Ethiopia is surrounded by numerous adversaries, and strengthening our defenses is essential to ensuring that our children inherit a country whose sovereignty is protected and whose airspace cannot be violated with impunity. We have a responsibility to prepare adequately for the challenges ahead. Without the necessary defensive capabilities, survival as a sovereign nation in our neighborhood becomes exceedingly difficult. Countries that maintain credible military preparedness are far less likely to be tested or provoked by their adversaries.” (PM Abiy Ahmed, 10/26/26) “Preparation prevents war. Those who are unprepared for war invite it; those who are prepared deter it.” Si vis pacem, para bellum. “If you want peace, prepare for war.” Such was the timeless advice of the Roman general/writer Vegetius in the late 4th century AD. Vegetius’s advice conveys two fundamental messages, the first of which is deterrence. A strong military deters potential aggressors by making the cost of attacking prohibitively high. A credible capacity to retaliate can persuade adversaries to refrain from reckless aggression or military adventurism. This is the essence of deterrence: preserving peace through strength. The second message is preparation for self-defense. Being militarily strong during peacetime ensures a nation is able to defend its sovereignty and interests at any time a threat appears. UN Charter Article 51 recognizes a nation’s inherent right to use force against an armed attack. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬. When America declared independence in 1776, Edward Gibbon, the great historian of Western civilization in the “History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire” described Ethiopians, then called “Abyssinians, an unwarlike people.” Gibbon observed the Abyssinians are interested in a “rational project of importing the arts and ingenuity of Europe; and their ambassadors at Rome and Lisbon were instructed to solicit a colony of smiths, carpenters, tilers, masons, printers, surgeons, and physicians, for the use of their country.” To this day, Ethiopians remain an unwarlike people. They are interested in enterprises and activities that bring them domestic prosperity and international amity. But may God have mercy upon the souls of aggressors who dare to attack Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s long and proud history is distinguished by its status as the only African nation never to have been formally colonized. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ethiopia decisively defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa and again restored its sovereignty after the Italian occupation of 1936–1941. Ethiopia’s history as one of unbroken sovereignty and resilience against foreign powers testifies to her “unwarlikeness” and resolute determination and capability to repel external aggression. Ethiopia is ringed by enemies. Some are proto-states (state wannabes). Others are historic enemies that have tried aggression time and again and suffered humiliating defeat time and again. Ethiopia always stands for peace. Needless to say, her prime minister is the 2019 Nobel Laureate for Peace. 𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, “𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚,” 𝐏𝐌 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: “Today, I stand here in front of you talking about peace because of fate. I crawled my way to peace through the dusty trenches of war years ago. I was a young soldier when war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea. I witnessed firsthand the ugliness of war in frontline battles. There are those who have never seen war but glorify and romanticize it. They have not seen the fear. They have not seen the fatigue. They have not seen the destruction or heartbreak. Nor have they felt the mournful emptiness of war after the carnage." 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭! 𝐒𝐢 𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐛 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! "ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ቀድሞ ገናናነቷ እንደምትመለስ አንዳችም ጥርጣሬ አይኑራችሁ።" ጠ /ሚ አብይ አህመድ [Note: The SU-35 is the most capable multirole in the Russian Air Force. It has a maximum speed of 2,390 km/h with a range of 3,600 km on internal fuel. It carries up to 8,000 kg of payload on 12 hardpoints, including long-range R-77 and R-37M air-to-air missiles and precision-guided munitions for ground/sea targets. It is capable of detecting multiple targets up to 350 km away. 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youtube.com/watch?v=L9jV1EEL… 𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬: 1) Ethiopia cannot remain a prisoner of geography or accept permanent strategic encirclement. It is madness for Eritrea and Egypt To believe they can use the Nile waters and Red Sea access as strategic instruments of Ethiopian containment. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If Egypt and Eritrea want to use geography to deny Ethiopia access to the sea, then Ethiopia can weaponize the Blue Nile against Egypt and deny it access to Nile waters. 2) Ethiopia will not give up its sovereign and natural right to develop or access its resources or tolerate attacks on or threats to its territorial integrity and unity. These include supporting terrorists in Ethiopia, supplying them with weapons, invading Ethiopian territory, and causing death and destruction. Those who play with fire will get burned. 3) Ethiopia reserves its right to self-defense and to take any and all measures necessary to eliminate any Egypto-Eritrean direct or indirect cross-border attacks and threats of attacks. These measures include pursuit of attacking forces deep into Eritrean territory and establishment of a broad defensive buffer or security zone to repel or prevent further attacks. Ethiopia has every right under international law to take preventive action against repeated Eritrean incursions and aggression, attacks on its citizens, the arming of insurgents, or the systematic undermining of its national security. The Eritrean regime may indulge in the insane illusion that it can put a geographic straitjacket around Ethiopia and deny it sea access. That will not happen. In the words of Hamlet: “Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.” Afewerki’s madness has no method in it. He may think his strategy of geographically straitjacketing Ethiopia is cunning, but it is insanity for him to play with such provocative fire. The Eritrean regime has a simple choice: negotiate in good faith and pursue regional cooperation. If it persists in its policy of confrontational containment, it will be game over. Ethiopia seeks peace. That is why PM Abiy Ahmed went to Asmara in 2018 to meet Afewerki and ended a 20-year-old no-peace, no-war situation. A word to the wise: Afewerki should stop playing a poker game with Ethiopia’s existential interests. His delusion of a strategic buffer/security zone in Ethiopia, manned by the mercenary TPLF, is gone. Gone with the wind. Forever. The winds of history in the Horn are shifting, and those who mistake Ethiopia’s patience for weakness will soon discover, too late, that they have crossed a point of no return. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚: 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐎𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞—𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞! ==================== ኤርትራ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር በውሃና በእሳት መጫወቷን ማቆም አለባት! ግብፅና ኤርትራ ሦስት ዘላለማዊ እውነታዎችን መረዳት አለባቸው። 1) ኢትዮጵያ የጂኦግራፊ እስረኛ ሆና መቀጠልን መቀበል አትችልም፤ በስትራቴጂክ ዙሪያ ከበባም ለዘላለም አትታገሥም። ኤርትራና ግብፅ የአባይን ውሃና የቀይ ባሕርን መዳረሻ ኢትዮጵያን ለመግታትና ለመክበብ እንደ ስትራቴጂካዊ መሣሪያ መጠቀም እንደሚችሉ ማሰባቸው ፍጹም እብደት ነው። ለአንዱ የሚሠራው ለሌላውም ይሠራል። ግብፅና ኤርትራ ኢትዮጵያን የባሕር በር እንዳታገኝ ለመከልከል የጂኦግራፊያዊ አቀማመጥን እንደ መሣሪያ ሊጠቀሙ ከፈለጉ፣ ኢትዮጵያም የ አባይን (“ሰማያዊ ናይል”ን) ውሃ በስትራቴጂካዊ መሣሪያነት በመጠቀም ግብፅን ከአባይ ውሃ ለመከልከል ትችላለች። 2) ኢትዮጵያ ሀብቶቿን የማልማትና የመጠቀም ሉዓላዊና ተፈጥሯዊ መብቷን አትተውም፤ በግዛቷ ሉዓላዊነትና በብሔራዊ አንድነቷ ላይ የሚፈጸሙ ጥቃቶችን ወይም ዛቻዎችንም አትታገሥም። ይህም በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ለሚንቀሳቀሱ አሸባሪዎች ድጋፍ መስጠትን፣ መሣሪያ ማቅረብን፣ የኢትዮጵያን ግዛት መውረርን፣ ሞትና ውድመት ማስከተልን ይጨምራል። በእሳት የሚጫወቱ በእሳቱ ይቃጠላሉ። 3) ኢትዮጵያ ራሷን የመከላከልና ከግብፅና ኤርትራ የሚመጡ ቀጥተኛም ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ የድንበር ተሻጋሪ ጥቃቶችንና የጥቃት ዛቻዎችን ለማስወገድ አስፈላጊ የሆኑትን ሁሉ እርምጃዎች የመውሰድ መብቷን ታስጠብቃለች። እነዚህ እርምጃዎች የሚያጠቁ ኃይሎችን በኤርትራ ግዛት ውስጥ ወደ ጥልቅ አካባቢዎች ድረስ መከታተልን፣ እንዲሁም ተጨማሪ ጥቃቶችን ለመመከት ወይም ለመከላከል ሰፊ የመከላከያ ቋት ወይም የደኅንነት ዞን ማቋቋምን ያካትታሉ። ኢትዮጵያ በተደጋጋሚ የሚፈጸሙባትን የኤርትራ ወረራዎችና ጥቃቶች፣ በዜጎቿ ላይ የሚፈጸሙ ጥቃቶችን፣ አማፂያንን በመሣሪያ ማስታጠቅንና ብሔራዊ ደኅንነቷን በስልት ለማዳከም የሚደረጉ ተግባራትን ለመከላከል ቅድመ እርምጃ የመውሰድ መብት በዓለም አቀፍ ሕግ የተጠበቀ ነው። የኤርትራ ገዥ አገዛዝ ኢትዮጵያን በጂኦግራፊያዊ ቦታዋ ላይ ጠባብ ማዕቀፍ ውስጥ አስገብቶ የባሕር መዳረሻ ሊነፍጋት እንደሚችል ያለ እውነታ ቅዠት ውስጥ ሊዘፈቅ ይችላል። ይህ ግን አይሆንም። ሼክስፒር በ ሃምሌት ተውኔቱ እንደጻፈው፦ “እብደት ቢመስልም፣ በውስጡ የተደበቀ ዘዴ አለው።” የአፈወርቂ እብደት ግን ምንም የተደበቀ ጥበብ ወይም ስልት የለውም። ኢትዮጵያን በጂኦግራፊ ለማጥበቅ የሚከተለው ስልት ብልሃት የተሞላበት ሊመስለው ይችላል፤ ነገር ግን እንዲህ ባለ አደገኛ እሳት መጫወት ፍጹም እብደት ነው። የኤርትራ ገዥ አገዛዝ ቀላል ምርጫ አለው፦ በቅንነት መደራደርና የክልላዊ ትብብርን መከተል። በግጭትና በከበባ ፖሊሲው ላይ ከጸና ግን ጨዋታው ያበቃል። ኢትዮጵያ ሰላምን ትፈልጋለች። ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ በ2018 አስመራ ሄደው ከአፈወርቂ ጋር የተገናኙትና ለ20 ዓመታት የዘለቀውን “ሰላም የለም፣ ጦርነትም የለም” የሚል ሁኔታ ያበቁት ለዚህ ነው። ለጠቢብ ሰው የሚሰጥ ምክር፦ አፈወርቂ ከኢትዮጵያ ህልውና ጋር በተያያዙ ወሳኝ ጥቅሞች ላይ ቁማር መጫወቱን ማቆም አለበት። በቅጥረኛው ህውሃት (TPLF) የሚጠበቅ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ስትራቴጂካዊ ቋት ወይም የደኅንነት ዞን የመፍጠር ቅዠቱ አክትሟል። ከነፋስ ጋር ተሰውሯል። ለዘላለም! በቀንድ አፍሪካ የታሪክ ነፋሶች አቅጣጫቸውን እየቀየሩ ነው። የኢትዮጵያን ትዕግሥት እንደ ድክመት የሚሳሳቱ ሰዎች የማይመለስበትን ወሰን እንዳለፉ በጣም ዘግይቶ ይገነዘባሉ። በእርግጥ፣ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ወደ ውይይትና ሰላም የሚወስደው መንገድ አሁንም ክፍት ነው። ነገር ግን አፈወርቂ የፍጻሜው ሰዓት እየጠቆመ መሆኑን ማወቅ አለበት። አፈወርቂ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር በውሃና በእሳት መጫወቱን ማቆም ይገባዋል፤ በአባይ ውሃና በቀይ ባሕር ውሃ። ምክንያቱም፦ “እግዚአብሔር ለኖኅ የቀስተ ደመና ምልክትን ሰጠው፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ በውሃ አይደለም፤ በሚቀጥለው ጊዜ ግን እሳት ይሆናል።” የኤርትራ ገዥ አገዛዝ ቆም ብሎ የቀስተ ደመናውን ምልክት በጥሞና ይመልከት፤ ውይይትን፣ መስጠትና መቀበልን፣ እንዲሁም ሰላምን ይምረጥ። አለዚያ በሚቀጥለው ጊዜ እሳቱን ይጋፈጥ፤ አንዴ ከተለቀቀ በኋላ መቆጣጠር የማይቻል እሳት፣ የኤርትራን ገዥ አገዛዝ የሚበላና ኤርትራን ከቀድሞዋ ጋር በማይመሳሰል መልኩ የሚለውጥ እሳት። ይህ ለውጥ የሚያመጣው ዴሞክራሲያዊ ምርጫ፣ የሕግ የበላይነት፣ መደበኛ ሕገ መንግሥት፣ ነፃ ሚዲያ፣ የንግግር ነፃነት፣ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎችና የሲቪል ማኅበራት ያሉባትን ኤርትራ ነው። እንዲሁም ያለ ጊዜ ገደብ የሚቀጥል የግዳጅ ወታደራዊ ምልመላና የግዳጅ ሥራ፣ የሃይማኖት ስደት፣ የዘፈቀደ እስር፣ ማሰቃየት፣ ከፍርድ ውጭ ግድያዎችና ተቃውሞን ለማፈን የተዘረጋ ሰፊ የሰላዮች መረብ የሌሉባት ኤርትራ ነው። ይህ ምንኛ ድንቅ ነገር ይሆን ነበር! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

የመገጭ ግድብ፦ ለጎንደር ሕዝብ ታላቅ ድል! ለጎንደር ሕዝብ ምንኛ ድንቅ የልማት ስኬት ነው! በግንቦት እ አ አ 2024 ፕሮጀክቱን በፍጥነት ለማጠናቀቅ ውሳኔ ከመተላለፉ በፊት የመጨጭ ፕሮጀክት ምን ዓይነት ሁኔታ ላይ እንደነበር በግልጽ አስታውሳለሁ። ፕሮጀክቱ ፈርሶ በመተው፣ በአስተዳደር ብልሹነትና በቸልተኝነት ተዘፍቆ፣ ለ18 ዓመታት የጎንደርን ሕዝብ ሕልም ያልተሳካና ልብ የሚሰብር ተስፋ የመና የቀረበት ሐውልት ሆኖ ነበር። በፕሮጀክቱ ላይ በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ብር ፈሰስ ተደርጎ ነበር፤ ሆኖም የሚታይ ውጤት ግን እጅግ ጥቂት ነበር። የመገጭ ፕሮጀክት በተለያዩ ችግሮች ተወስኖ ነበር። ከእነዚህም መካከል ደካማ ዕቅድ፣ የአስተዳደር ብልሹነት፣ የአዋጭነት ጥናትና የዲዛይን ችግሮች፣ እንዲሁም የመሬት መንሸራተት ያስከተላቸው ተግዳሮቶች ይገኙበታል። በግንቦት 2024 ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ ፕሮጀክቱ “በጣም በፍጥነት መጠናቀቅ አለበት” በማለት አሳሰቡ። በብቃት የማይሠሩና ችሎታ የጎደላቸው ተቋራጮች ተቀየሩ፤ የፕሮጀክቱ ክትትልና አስተዳደርም ተሻሻለ። በዚህም ፕሮጀክቱ እንደገና ሕይወት ዘራ። ዛሬ የመገጭ ግድብ መመረቅ፣ ቆራጥነትና ቁርጠኝነት ያለው፣ በተጠያቂነትና በአገራዊ ፍቅር የሚሠራ መንግሥት ምን ማሳካት እንደሚችል በግልጽ የሚያሳይ ታላቅ ማስረጃ ነው። ምስጋና ለሚገባው መስጠት አስፈላጊ ነው። የመደመር መንግሥት መለያው ከሚችለው በላይ ቃል መግባት ሳይሆን፣ ከተገባው በላይ ማከናወን ነው። የመደመር መንግሥት በይፋ አንድ ቀላል ቃል ይገባል፤ ከዚያም ሥራውን በጊዜው እስኪያጠናቅቅ ድረስ ሌላ ብዙ ነገር ሳይናገር ቃሉን በተግባር ይፈጽማል። ለእኔ፣ የመጨጭ ግድብ መመረቅ ለአገራችን የውሃ ደህንነት፣ ለግብርና ለውጥና ለክልሉ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ዕድገት ታሪካዊ ምዕራፍ ነው። የውሃ ደህንነት የአገራዊ ደህንነታችን ልብ ነው። በአባይ («ሰማያዊ ናይል») ላይ የውሃ ደህንነት። በቀይ ባሕር ላይ የውሃ ደህንነት። በጎንደር የውሃ ደህንነት። ወደ 185 ሚሊዮን ኪዩቢክ ሜትር የሚገመት የውሃ ማጠራቀሚያ አቅምና እስከ 17,000 ሄክታር የሚደርስ የእርሻ መሬት ለማልማት የሚያስችል አቅም ያለው የመገጭ ግድብ፣ ጎንደር የንጹህ መጠጥ ውሃና የግብርና ልማት ፍላጎቱን እንዲያሟላ ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ ያደርጋል። ከማጠራቀሚያው በሚገኝ የመስኖ ውሃ የሰብል ምርት በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ይጨምራል። በግድቡ ዙሪያ የሚኖሩ ማኅበረሰቦች፣ በተለይም በደምቢያ አካባቢ ያሉ ሰዎች፣ ከእነዚህ ጥቅሞች በሙሉ ይጠቀማሉ። በጎንደር ንጹህ ውሃ የማግኘት ችግር አሁንም ቀጥሏል። በአሁኑ ወቅት በጎንደር ከተማ የመጠጥ ውሃ እጥረት ከባድ ሲሆን፣ ከሚያስፈልገው ውሃ 46 በመቶው ብቻ ነው እየቀረበ ያለው። የከተማዋ ዕለታዊ የውሃ ፍላጎት 35,100 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር እንደሆነ ሲገመት፣ በዕለት የሚመረተው ውሃ 11,467 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር ገደማ ብቻ ነው ጥናቶች እንደሚያመለክቱት፣ የከተማዋ ሕዝብ ቁጥር ወደፊት ሲያድግ፣ የአንድ ሰው የውሃ ፍጆታ በ2024 ከነበረው 36 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር በ2045 ወደ 91 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር ይደርሳል። የመጨጭ ግድብ ማጠራቀሚያ የዓሣ ሀብት ልማትን፣ በሐይቁ ዳርቻ የመዝናኛ አገልግሎቶችን፣ የሆቴል ኢንዱስትሪንና ቱሪዝምን ለማሳደግ ዕድል ይፈጥራል። ማጠራቀሚያው ተጨማሪ የቱሪዝም ኢንቨስትመንትንና የሥራ ዕድልን፣ በተለይም ለአካባቢው ወጣቶች፣ ሊያበረታታ ይችላል። የማጠራቀሚያው ኢኮኖሚያዊ ጥቅም ከፕሮጀክቱ አካባቢ ድንበር እጅግ የራቀ ነው። የመጨጭ ፕሮጀክት አመራር ኃላፊነትንና ተጠያቂነትን በመረከብ፣ የገባውን ቃል በተግባር ሲፈጽም፣ አንድ ፕሮጀክት ወደ ምን ዓይነት ታላቅ ስኬት ሊቀየር እንደሚችል ምሳሌ ይሁን። የመጨጭ ግድብን የገነቡት እጆች ይህንን እንደ ተራ ፕሮጀክት አልተመለከቱትም። ለእነርሱ ይህ የፍቅር ሥራ ነበር፤ ደም፣ ላብና እንባ የፈሰሰበት የትጋት ውጤት። ይህ ፕሮጀክት በድህነት ላይ የተሰነዘረ ከባድ ምትና የብልጽግና ማጠራቀሚያ ነው። የዛሬውን ኩራትና የነገውን የክብር ተስፋ የሚያሳይ፣ የተቃውሞና የጽናት ሐውልት ነው፤ ለጎንደር ሕዝብና ለኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ። ወደፊት የጎንደር ታሪክ ሲጻፍ፣ ይህንን ግድብ የገነቡት ሰዎች ስም በክብር በድንጋይ ላይ እንደተቀረጸ ለዘላለም ይኖራል። ድካማቸው አይረሳም፤ መሥዋዕትነታቸውም ከንቱ አይሆንም። ስኬታቸውም ኢትዮጵያውያን ሕልም ለማለም ሲደፍሩና በጽናት ሲታገሉ ምን ማሳካት እንደሚችሉ ለትውልድ የሚያሳይ ምስክር ይሆናል። የመጨጭ ውሃ መሬቱን ያለማል፤ ትውልዶችን ይደግፋል፤ የአዲስ ወደፊት ተስፋንም ይዞ ይጓዛል። የጎንደር ሕዝብ በዚህ ድንቅ ስኬት ይኩራ። የመገጭ ግድብ የምህንድስና ብቃትን ብቻ አይወክልም፤ ተስፋን፣ የወደፊት ራዕይንና ለትውልድ የሚተላለፍ ቅርስንም ይወክላል። ይህ ድል የሚያረጋግጠው፦ ጎንደር፣ ጎንደር የጀግኖች አገር! የመገጭ ግድብ ለጎንደር ሕዝብ የብልጽግና፣ የክብርና የታላቅነት አዲስ ምዕራፍ መባቻ ነው። በተለይም ኢትዮጵያን ታላቅ ለማድረግ 24/7/365 ያለመታከትና በጽናት ለሚሠሩት ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ ልዩ ምስጋና ይገባል! ተጨማሪ ግድቦችን እንገንባ፤ ኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ታላቅ እናድርጋት! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @TemesgenTiru #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC

𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐃𝐀𝐌: 𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫! I vividly remember the Megech project before the decision was made to complete it fast in May 2024. It was in ruins; abandoned, poorly managed, representing a dream deferred and a heart break for the people of Gonder for 18 years. Millions of birr had been invested in the project, yet there was little to show for it. Various problems plagued the Megech project, including bad planning, mismanagement, feasibility study and design, and even landslide challenges. In May 2024, the PM Abiy Ahmed declared that the project should be “completed very fast.” The poorly performing and incompetent contractors were fired, and the project supervision and management was changed, and project came back to life. The inauguration of Megech Dam today is definitely a clear demonstration of what can be done by a determined and resolute government working in an accountable and patriotic way. It is important to give credit where credit is due. Over-promising is not the hallmark of the Medemer government; over-delivering is. The Medemer government administration makes one simple promise publicly and delivers on it without saying anything else in between until it gets the job done, on time. For me, the inauguration of the Megech Dam marks a momentous occasion for our national water security, agricultural transformation and regional economic development. Water security is the heart of our national security. Water security on Abbay ("Blue Nile"). Water security on the Red Sea. Water security in Gondar. With its reservoir capacity estimated at about 185 million cubic meters and an agricultural land cultivation area of up to 17,000 hectares, the Megech Dam will make a major contribution in helping Gonder meet its demand for potable water and agriculture. With irrigation from the reservoir, crop production will increase significantly. The communities around the dam, especially those in the Dembiya region, will reap all these benefits. The problem of accessing clean water in Gonder persists. Today, the shortage of drinking water in Gondar City is severe, only 46% of the demands are met. The daily demand in Gondar City is estimated to be 35,100 m³, with daily production of approximately 11,467 m³. Studies show the future expansion of the city population will raise the per capita consumption of water from 36 m³ in 2024 up to 91 m³ in 2045. Megech Dam reservoir could help in the development of a fishery industry, lake-side recreation, hotels, and tourism. The reservoir could also stimulate more tourism investment and job creation particularly for the local youths. The economic benefits of the reservoir go well beyond the area of the project itself. Let the Megech project demonstrate what a project becomes when leadership takes responsibility and accountability and delivers on commitments. The hands that have built the Megech Dam did not see it just as an ordinary project. For them, it has been a project of love – a project that cost them blood, sweat and tears. This project is a strike at poverty and a reservoir of prosperity. It is a monument of defiance, one that shows the pride of the moment and the promise of glory in the future of the people of Gondar and all Ethiopians. When the history of Gondar is recorded in the future, the names of those who built it shall forever remain engraved in glorious marble. Their effort shall not be forgotten, their sacrifice shall not go in vain, and their success shall be used by others to show what Ethiopians can do once they dare to dream and persist. Megech water will irrigate the land, support generations of people and carry the promise of a new future. Let the people of Gondar take pride in this marvelous accomplishment. Megech Dam not only signifies engineering prowess but also hope, future and legacy. It proves: Gondar, Gondar yejegnoch hager! Megech Dam marks dawn of a new chapter of prosperity, dignity and greatness for the people of Gonder. A very special thanks to PM Abiy Ahmed, who works tirelessly and steadfastly, 24/7/365, to MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN! Let’s build more dams and MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN! (Amharic translation) የመገጭ ግድብ፦ ለጎንደር ሕዝብ ታላቅ ድል! ለጎንደር ሕዝብ ምንኛ ድንቅ የልማት ስኬት ነው! በግንቦት እ አ አ 2024 ፕሮጀክቱን በፍጥነት ለማጠናቀቅ ውሳኔ ከመተላለፉ በፊት የመጨጭ ፕሮጀክት ምን ዓይነት ሁኔታ ላይ እንደነበር በግልጽ አስታውሳለሁ። ፕሮጀክቱ ፈርሶ በመተው፣ በአስተዳደር ብልሹነትና በቸልተኝነት ተዘፍቆ፣ ለ18 ዓመታት የጎንደርን ሕዝብ ሕልም ያልተሳካና ልብ የሚሰብር ተስፋ የመና የቀረበት ሐውልት ሆኖ ነበር። በፕሮጀክቱ ላይ በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ብር ፈሰስ ተደርጎ ነበር፤ ሆኖም የሚታይ ውጤት ግን እጅግ ጥቂት ነበር። የመገጭ ፕሮጀክት በተለያዩ ችግሮች ተወስኖ ነበር። ከእነዚህም መካከል ደካማ ዕቅድ፣ የአስተዳደር ብልሹነት፣ የአዋጭነት ጥናትና የዲዛይን ችግሮች፣ እንዲሁም የመሬት መንሸራተት ያስከተላቸው ተግዳሮቶች ይገኙበታል። በግንቦት 2024 ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ ፕሮጀክቱ “በጣም በፍጥነት መጠናቀቅ አለበት” በማለት አሳሰቡ። በብቃት የማይሠሩና ችሎታ የጎደላቸው ተቋራጮች ተቀየሩ፤ የፕሮጀክቱ ክትትልና አስተዳደርም ተሻሻለ። በዚህም ፕሮጀክቱ እንደገና ሕይወት ዘራ። ዛሬ የመገጭ ግድብ መመረቅ፣ ቆራጥነትና ቁርጠኝነት ያለው፣ በተጠያቂነትና በአገራዊ ፍቅር የሚሠራ መንግሥት ምን ማሳካት እንደሚችል በግልጽ የሚያሳይ ታላቅ ማስረጃ ነው። ምስጋና ለሚገባው መስጠት አስፈላጊ ነው። የመደመር መንግሥት መለያው ከሚችለው በላይ ቃል መግባት ሳይሆን፣ ከተገባው በላይ ማከናወን ነው። የመደመር መንግሥት በይፋ አንድ ቀላል ቃል ይገባል፤ ከዚያም ሥራውን በጊዜው እስኪያጠናቅቅ ድረስ ሌላ ብዙ ነገር ሳይናገር ቃሉን በተግባር ይፈጽማል። ለእኔ፣ የመጨጭ ግድብ መመረቅ ለአገራችን የውሃ ደህንነት፣ ለግብርና ለውጥና ለክልሉ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ዕድገት ታሪካዊ ምዕራፍ ነው። የውሃ ደህንነት የአገራዊ ደህንነታችን ልብ ነው። በአባይ («ሰማያዊ ናይል») ላይ የውሃ ደህንነት። በቀይ ባሕር ላይ የውሃ ደህንነት። በጎንደር የውሃ ደህንነት። ወደ 185 ሚሊዮን ኪዩቢክ ሜትር የሚገመት የውሃ ማጠራቀሚያ አቅምና እስከ 17,000 ሄክታር የሚደርስ የእርሻ መሬት ለማልማት የሚያስችል አቅም ያለው የመገጭ ግድብ፣ ጎንደር የንጹህ መጠጥ ውሃና የግብርና ልማት ፍላጎቱን እንዲያሟላ ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ ያደርጋል። ከማጠራቀሚያው በሚገኝ የመስኖ ውሃ የሰብል ምርት በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ይጨምራል። በግድቡ ዙሪያ የሚኖሩ ማኅበረሰቦች፣ በተለይም በደምቢያ አካባቢ ያሉ ሰዎች፣ ከእነዚህ ጥቅሞች በሙሉ ይጠቀማሉ። በጎንደር ንጹህ ውሃ የማግኘት ችግር አሁንም ቀጥሏል። በአሁኑ ወቅት በጎንደር ከተማ የመጠጥ ውሃ እጥረት ከባድ ሲሆን፣ ከሚያስፈልገው ውሃ 46 በመቶው ብቻ ነው እየቀረበ ያለው። የከተማዋ ዕለታዊ የውሃ ፍላጎት 35,100 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር እንደሆነ ሲገመት፣ በዕለት የሚመረተው ውሃ 11,467 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር ገደማ ብቻ ነው ጥናቶች እንደሚያመለክቱት፣ የከተማዋ ሕዝብ ቁጥር ወደፊት ሲያድግ፣ የአንድ ሰው የውሃ ፍጆታ በ2024 ከነበረው 36 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር በ2045 ወደ 91 ኪዩቢክ ሜትር ይደርሳል። የመጨጭ ግድብ ማጠራቀሚያ የዓሣ ሀብት ልማትን፣ በሐይቁ ዳርቻ የመዝናኛ አገልግሎቶችን፣ የሆቴል ኢንዱስትሪንና ቱሪዝምን ለማሳደግ ዕድል ይፈጥራል። ማጠራቀሚያው ተጨማሪ የቱሪዝም ኢንቨስትመንትንና የሥራ ዕድልን፣ በተለይም ለአካባቢው ወጣቶች፣ ሊያበረታታ ይችላል። የማጠራቀሚያው ኢኮኖሚያዊ ጥቅም ከፕሮጀክቱ አካባቢ ድንበር እጅግ የራቀ ነው። የመጨጭ ፕሮጀክት አመራር ኃላፊነትንና ተጠያቂነትን በመረከብ፣ የገባውን ቃል በተግባር ሲፈጽም፣ አንድ ፕሮጀክት ወደ ምን ዓይነት ታላቅ ስኬት ሊቀየር እንደሚችል ምሳሌ ይሁን። የመጨጭ ግድብን የገነቡት እጆች ይህንን እንደ ተራ ፕሮጀክት አልተመለከቱትም። ለእነርሱ ይህ የፍቅር ሥራ ነበር፤ ደም፣ ላብና እንባ የፈሰሰበት የትጋት ውጤት። ይህ ፕሮጀክት በድህነት ላይ የተሰነዘረ ከባድ ምትና የብልጽግና ማጠራቀሚያ ነው። የዛሬውን ኩራትና የነገውን የክብር ተስፋ የሚያሳይ፣ የተቃውሞና የጽናት ሐውልት ነው፤ ለጎንደር ሕዝብና ለኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ። ወደፊት የጎንደር ታሪክ ሲጻፍ፣ ይህንን ግድብ የገነቡት ሰዎች ስም በክብር በድንጋይ ላይ እንደተቀረጸ ለዘላለም ይኖራል። ድካማቸው አይረሳም፤ መሥዋዕትነታቸውም ከንቱ አይሆንም። ስኬታቸውም ኢትዮጵያውያን ሕልም ለማለም ሲደፍሩና በጽናት ሲታገሉ ምን ማሳካት እንደሚችሉ ለትውልድ የሚያሳይ ምስክር ይሆናል። የመጨጭ ውሃ መሬቱን ያለማል፤ ትውልዶችን ይደግፋል፤ የአዲስ ወደፊት ተስፋንም ይዞ ይጓዛል። የጎንደር ሕዝብ በዚህ ድንቅ ስኬት ይኩራ። የመገጭ ግድብ የምህንድስና ብቃትን ብቻ አይወክልም፤ ተስፋን፣ የወደፊት ራዕይንና ለትውልድ የሚተላለፍ ቅርስንም ይወክላል። ይህ ድል የሚያረጋግጠው፦ ጎንደር፣ ጎንደር የጀግኖች አገር! የመገጭ ግድብ ለጎንደር ሕዝብ የብልጽግና፣ የክብርና የታላቅነት አዲስ ምዕራፍ መባቻ ነው። በተለይም ኢትዮጵያን ታላቅ ለማድረግ 24/7/365 ያለመታከትና በጽናት ለሚሠሩት ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ ልዩ ምስጋና ይገባል! ተጨማሪ ግድቦችን እንገንባ፤ ኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ታላቅ እናድርጋት! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

megatopia.org/the-cairo-asma… 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐎–𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋: 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐊𝐈’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.” 𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫: “𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.” 𝐕𝐚𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐬 (“𝐖𝐨𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝”). 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐎𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞—𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞. @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐎–𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋: 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐊𝐈’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤: megatopia.org/the-cairo-asma… ========================= 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲. “… There are many historical reasons why Egypt has supported Eritrea. The reason why Eritrea supported Egypt and Egypt supported Eritrea is to deprive Ethiopia of peace or to give it work [create hardship]. It is not because they [Egypt] think Eritrea will be a peaceful, sovereign or independent country. The main agenda and strategic reason is Nile waters. Egyptians have a strong belief that unless the upstream countries through which the Nile flows are in a state of perpetual turmoil and have no peace, they cannot control the Nile waters. Why Egyptian politicians have this outlook is a question that has its own history…” (Isaias Afewerki, Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea — at a press conference ca. 1991–1993.) What Afewerki’s confession means —and why it matters Simply put, Afewerki’s advances three brazen claims: Egypt and Eritrea have historically supported one another with the shared objective of depriving Ethiopia of peace and creating havoc for the Ethiopian state. The strategic motivation behind the Egypt–Eritrea axis is to secure Egyptian dominance over the Nile waters by constraining Ethiopia’s ability to exercise its interests, particularly its national riverine development projects on the Abbay (“Nile”) River. Instability, division, and perpetual conflict in the upstream Nile Basin countries are integral to the strategic thinking and practice of Egyptian leaders. Lately, it has become crystal clear that Afewerki believes his regime survivability– the ultimate prize — depends on Ethiopia’s disunity, instability and insecurity. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 — 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞-𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. The Current Crisis: Historical Context Meets Present Security Threats Afewerki’s statement provides a revealing lens through which to examine the present crisis and assess the factors that have pushed Ethiopia and Eritrea to the brink of military confrontation today. War and rumors of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea are no longer a matter of media speculation. The facts are incontrovertible. The Eritrean regime has repeatedly conducted military raids and invasions within Ethiopia. That regime has provided backing for terrorists in Ethiopia who have assumed the guise of “freedom fighters.” All these actions have led to a further escalation in the ongoing diplomatic conflict. Behind all this stands Egypt engaged in vicarious aggression. “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤”: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 The most illuminating and thought-provoking statement in Afewerki’s description of the formation of the Egypto-Eritrean alliance is their absolute determination to “Give Ethiopia work.” This statement has strategic implications and becomes particularly significant because Afwerki himself ties it to making Ethiopia live without peace and in turmoil, and refers to the waters of the Nile as a strategic motive for the Egyptian strategy. The obvious interpretation of “giving Ethiopia work” is to make Ethiopia suffer from continuous security problems. Instead of letting the government of Ethiopia focus on its economic and social development, Egypt and Eritrea will undertake an endless campaign of destabilization that will keep Ethiopia busy with internal conflicts, terrorism, and political instability. For Egypt and Eritrea the objective is to keep Ethiopia fighting on several fronts not against foreign enemies but against itself — ethnic, religious, communal, regional conflict– and thereby exhaust the country’s strength and distract it from any other productive activities. So, it is a calculated strategy of exhaustion of Ethiopia through the expenditure of its energy and resources. The fact that Eritrea is doing Egypt’s dirty work by deliberately inciting and helping the initiation of armed conflict in Ethiopia not only means that it is a threat to Ethiopia’s security and sovereignty but also a threat to peace in the region. Therefore, “Give Ethiopia Work” is a very important message by Afewerki for it can easily be adapted to “give Somalia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya…work” if the Eritrean regime feels threatened. Ethiopia should defend its sovereignty by negotiation or self-defense In light of repeated threats and aggression against its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security, one cannot expect Ethiopia to stand idly by and see itself destabilized with the collaboration of Egypt and Eritrea. Ethiopia has an unquestioned sovereign right to protect its people, national interests, and future. Ethiopia has always preferred dialogue to confrontation. Ethiopia also knows that, in the face of an implacable and sworn enemy, it must prepare for war even as it offers an olive branch. If Eritrea refuses dialogue, as it has demonstrated in many ways, and continues to act in a hostile manner that precludes a peaceful option, then Ethiopia cannot be expected to stand helpless and defenseless. Ethiopia is a nation that seeks peace with its neighbors and others, near and far. A nation that seeks peace should not be regarded as one that lacks the power of self-defense. Afewerki’s regime and its Egyptian patrons must understand the following message with crystal clarity: Ethiopia seeks peace, but it will not surrender its sovereignty to secure it. Ethiopia’s preferred path is dialogue and diplomacy, but not at the heavy price of its territorial integrity, sovereignty, unity, and national dignity. Eritrea and Egypt should not mistake Ethiopia’s preference for peaceful coexistence for a lack of steely resolve to defend itself. One of the main issues that comes out of this long-term strategic alliance is whether the Afewerki government operates as a client state for Egypt. Indeed, in this regard, there is no question about the fact that Afewerki acts as a proxy of Cairo that aims to diminish the influence and power of Ethiopia in the region. The irony is in the fact that this Eritrean government, which is used by Egypt as a proxy, itself becomes a proxy of its proxy in the form of the TPLF, which is used to destabilize Ethiopia and the region. It is odd to see how one political entity, operating as a proxy for one external power, outsources a good part of its responsibilities as a proxy to another political actor. The irony is even more striking: A state sponsor of terrorism outsourcing its proxy operations to another proxy, effectively subcontracting destabilization through a chain of terrorist networks. A state sponsor of terrorism itself becomes a terrorist organization! It is self-evident that Eritrea continues to make its diplomatic and military efforts towards realizing the strategic interests of Egypt, depending on Egypt politically, militarily and diplomatically; it has become an Egyptian client state. It is evident Egypt can easily use the influence over the Eritrean regime to pressure Ethiopia along its northern border without necessarily engaging Ethiopia in confrontation. Indeed, Eritrea has become more than an Egyptian client state; it acts as a proxy force for protecting Egyptian interests in Ethiopia. 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 An African proverb teaches, “If you are digging a pit for your enemy, don’t make it too deep, for you may fall into it.” Suppose Ethiopia begins supporting and materially aiding disruptive elements inside and outside of Eritrea using the exact same methods and at the same or higher level than Eritrea and Egypt are using to destabilize Ethiopia. After all, what is sauce for the goose should be good enough for the gander. Eritrea cannot complain if the very same tactic it uses to destabilize Ethiopia is used against itself. This tactic of destabilization can come back to bite Eritrea in the behind and they can very easily find themselves trapped in the exact same web of destabilization that they have unleashed against Ethiopia. 𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫: “𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.” 𝐕𝐚𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐬 (“𝐖𝐨𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝”). 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐎𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞—𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 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በኢትዮጵያና በአሜሪካ ላይ ያነጣጠረው የኤርትራና የሕወሓት የጥፋት ጥምረት፦ የተረጋጋና ከሽብርተኝነት የጸዳ የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ለመገንባት የሚደረገው ትግል ከመጀመሪያው የእንግሊዝኛ ጽሑፍ የተተረጎመ ሲሆን፣ ዋናውን ጽሑፍ እዚህ ያገኛሉ። shorturl.at/HpzXq “... ተገንጣዮቹ አሉ። በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ጥቃት ሲፈጽሙ ነበር... ከዚያም የኢትዮጵያ ምላሽ አለ... ኢትዮጵያውያን ከተገንጣዮቹ ጋር በተያያዘ እየተጋፈጡት ያለውን ፈተና እንረዳለን... በእነርሱ [በኢትዮጵያውያን] ላይ የተፈጸሙትን የሽብርተኝነት ድርጊቶችና ጥቃቶች፣ በዋና ከተማቸው ላይ የተፈጸሙትን የድሮን ጥቃቶች ማንም እንደማይደግፍ ግልጽ ነው...” እ.ኤ.አ. ጥቅምት 17 ቀን 2026 የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ማርኮ ሩቢዮ፣ በኢትዮጵያና በኤርትራ መካከል እየጨመረ በመጣውና ወደ ክልላዊ ጦርነት ሊያመራ በሚችለው ወታደራዊ ውጥረት ላይ ስጋታቸውን ገለጹ። ውጥረቱን በጋራ እንዲያረግቡ፣ የሀገራትን ሉዓላዊነት በበሁለትዮሽ ንዲያከብሩና ሰላምን በዲፕሎማሲ እንዲያረጋግጡ ጥሪ አቀረቡ። ኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ በሽብርተኝነት ላይ በመታገልና በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ክልል መረጋጋትንና ደኅንነትን በማረጋገጥ ረገድ አንድ ዓይነት ስትራቴጂያዊ ጥቅም አላቸው። ዛሬ ሁለቱም የጋራ ጠላት ይጋፈጣሉ፤ ይህም ሕወሓት (የትግራይ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ግንባር) በመባል የሚታወቀው የሽብር ቡድንና የሽብር ደጋፊ መንግስት የሚያደርግለት የኤርትራ መንግሥት የፈጠሩት ኢ-ቅዱስ ጥምረት ነው። ወሳኙ ጥያቄ፣ በዚህ ጥምረት የሚካሄደው የተወካይ ጦርነት የኢትዮጵያን ሉዓላዊነትና የአፍሪካ ቀንድን መረጋጋት ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ የአሜሪካንም በክልሉ ያላትን ስትራቴጂያዊ ጥቅም ሊያሰጋ ይችላል ወይ የሚለው ነው። በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ላይ መሠረታዊ የጂኦፖለቲካ ለውጥ እየተካሄደ ነው፤ በተለይም የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ለኢትዮጵያ በሚያሳየው አዲስ አቀራረብ። እ.ኤ.አ. በ2020–2022 በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ በሕወሓት የተቀሰቀሰውን የሽብር ጦርነት የባይደን አስተዳደር የተቋቋመበት አቀራረብና የትራምፕ አስተዳደርን ፖሊሲ የሚመራው በደኅንነት ላይ ያተኮረ አቀራረብ መካከል ያለው ልዩነት፣ አሜሪካ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ባላት ግንኙነት አሁን የሚመሯትን የተለያዩ ቅድሚያ ጉዳዮች በግልጽ ያመለክታል። እነዚህ ለውጦች፣ ከኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ መካከል ከታደሰውና ከተጠናከረው ትብብር እንዲሁም ከክልላዊ መረጋጋት መደፍረስ ጋር እየጨመረ ከመጣው ስጋት ጋር ተዳምረው፣ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላምና ደኅንነትን ለማረጋገጥ ጠንካራ የአሜሪካና የኢትዮጵያ ጥምረትና አጋርነት እንደሚያስፈልግ ያሳያሉ። በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ላይ የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ሽብርተኝነትን በመቃወም የያዘው የማይደራደር አቋም፣ የባይደን አስተዳደር ለሽብርተኝነት ካሳየው ልቅ የድጋፍ አቋም ጋር ፍጹም ይቃረናል። በሕወሓት የ2020–2022 የሽብር ጦርነት ወቅት፣ ይህም በኢትዮጵያ መከላከያ ሰራዊት ሰሜን ዕዝ ላይ በተፈጸመውና በመቶዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወታደሮች ሕይወት ባለፈው እልቂት የተጀመረ ሲሆን፣ አንቶኒ ብሊንከን፣ ሱዛን ራይስና ሳማንታ ፓወርን ጨምሮ ከፍተኛ የባይደን አስተዳደር ባለሥልጣናት ለሕወሓት በጽናት ድጋፍ ሰጡ። ኢትዮጵያን በዲፕሎማሲ ለማግለል፣ ከዓለም ባንክና ከዓለም አቀፉ የገንዘብ ድርጅት (IMF) ብድርና ሌሎች ድጋፎች እንዳታገኝ ለመገደብ፣ በተፈጸሙ ተብለው በቀረቡ የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶች ምክንያት ኢትዮጵያን በዓለም አቀፍ ሚዲያዎች ለማጥላላት፣ እንዲሁም በፕሬስ ነፃነት ስም የውስጥ ተቃውሞን ለማበረታታት ያልፈነቀሉት ድጋይ የለም። የባይደን አስተዳደር ይህን ሳያበቃ ኢትዮጵያን ከአፍሪካ የዕድገትና ዕድል ሕግ (AGOA) ፕሮግራም አስወገደ። ይህ ውሳኔ በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ዝቅተኛ ገቢ ያላቸው ኢትዮጵያውያንን የሥራ ዕድል አሳጣ። ይሁን እንጂ የባይደን አስተዳደር የተሳሳተ ግምት አደረገ፤ ምንም እንኳን በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ከፍተኛ ጫና ቢያደርግም፣ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ከዚያም የበለጠ ጽኑ ሆኖ ቆመ። ኢትዮጵያ ለጫና ከመንበርከክ ይልቅ በአቋሟ ጸንታ፣ ክብሯን ጠብቃና ፈጽሞ ወደ ኋላ ሳትል ተራመደች። ዛሬ ሚኒስትር ሩቢዮ እውነቱን በግልጽ ይናገራሉ። ሕወሓት የሽብርተኝነት ድርጅት ነው፤ ኤርትራ ደግሞ ለሽብርተኝነት የመንግሥት ድጋፍ የምትሰጥ ሀገር ናት። በእነዚህ ሁለት ኃይሎች መካከል ያለው የጥፋት ምረት በአፍሪካ ቀንድና ከዚያም ባሻገር ላለው ክልል ከባድ አደጋ ደቅኗል። የትራምፕ አስተዳደር በኢትዮጵያ ሽብርተኝነትን በመቃወም የያዘው ጠንካራ አቋም አዲስ ነገር አይደለም። ከስድስት ዓመታት በፊትም የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ተመሳሳይ መልእክት አስተላልፎ ነበር። እ.ኤ.አ. ኖቬምበር 4 ቀን 2020 የአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ማይክ ፖምፔዮ የሕወሓትን ጥቃት አውግዘው፣ “አሜሪካ ከኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ጎን ትቆማለች፤ ለሰላም፣ ለብልጽግና፣ ለዴሞክራሲና ለሕግ የበላይነት ቁርጠኛ ከሆኑ ሁሉ ጋር ትሠራለች” ብለው አወጁ። እ.ኤ.አ. ኖቬምበር 15 ቀን 2020 በትራምፕ አስተዳደር የአፍሪካ ጉዳዮች ረዳት የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር የነበሩት ቲቦር ናጊ ከባድ የሆነ ውግዘት አቀረቡ፦ “አሜሪካ እ.ኤ.አ. ኖቬምበር 14 በኤርትራ ላይ የሕወሓት ያደረሰውን የማይጸድቅ ጥቃትና በትግራይ ያለውን ግጭት ዓለም አቀፍ ጉዳይ ለማድረግ ያደረገውን ጥረት በጽኑ ታወግዛለች። ሲቪሎችን ለመጠበቅ፣ ውጥረትን ለማርገብና ሰላምን ለመመለስ አስቸኳይ እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ጥሪያችንን እንቀጥላለን።” እ.ኤ.አ. ዲሴምበር 1 ቀን 2020 ናጊ ከቢቢሲ ጋር ባደረጉት ቃለ ምልልስ ይህንኑ አቋም አጠናክረው እንዲህ አሉ፦ “እዚህ ማስታወስ ያለብን ነገር ሁለቱን ወገኖች እኩል ማድረግ እንደማይቻል ነው። ሉዓላዊ መንግሥት አለ፤ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያለ አንድ ክልልም አለ፤ የክልሉ አመራር በመሠረቱ በመንግሥት ላይ ግጭት የጀመረ ነው... የትግራይ አመራር... ይህንን አጋጣሚ ተጠቅሞ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩን ከሥልጣን ለማውረድና በኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ውስጥ ለ27 ዓመታት ስፈነጩበት የነበረውን የልዩ መብት ሁኔታ ለመመለስ ፈልጎ ነበር...” እ.ኤ.አ. ጥቅምት 17 ቀን 2026 ሚኒስትር ሩቢዮ ኢትዮጵያ ራሷን ከሽብርተኝነት የመከላከል ሉዓላዊ መብቷን እንደገና አረጋገጡ። ይህም የትራምፕ አስተዳደር በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሽብርተኝነትን በመቃወም በያዘው ፖሊሲና ክልላዊ መረጋጋትን ለማረጋገጥ ባለው ቁርጠኝነት የሚታየውን አስደናቂ ቀጣይነት ያሳያል። ትልቁ አስገራሚ ተቃርኖ የሚታየው፣ ቀደም ሲል በአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት የደረጃ III የሽብርተኝነት ድርጅት ተብሎ የተፈረጀውና በአፍሪካ የባይደን አስተዳደር ተወዳጅ አጋር የሆነው ሕወሓት፣ ዛሬ በኢትዮጵያና በክልሉ በሚያሳየው የሽብርተኝነትና የመረጋጋት ማደፍረስ ሚና በትራምፕ አስተዳደር በግልጽ እየተወገዘ መሆኑ ነው። የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ኢትዮጵያ በአፍሪካ ከሕዝብ ብዛቷ አንጻር ሁለተኛዋ ትልቅ ሀገር መሆኗንና ዓለም አቀፍ የዲፕሎማሲ ማዕከል መሆኗን በግልጽ ይረዳል። የአፍሪካ ሕብረት ዋና መሥሪያ ቤትን በማስተናገዷ፣ ኢትዮጵያ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ የፖለቲካና የደኅንነት መዋቅር ውስጥ ማዕከላዊ ቦታ ይዛለች። የሚኒስትር ሩቢዮ ንግግር እንደሚያመለክተው፣ የኢትዮጵያ ደኅንነትና መረጋጋት በጎረቤት ሀገራት ላይ ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ በሰፊው ክልል መረጋጋት፣ በክልላዊ ንግድ፣ በሽብርተኝነት ላይ በሚደረገው ትግልና በስደት ላይም ተጽኖ ያሳድራሉ። በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ዘላቂ መረጋጋትን ለማረጋገጥ አዲስና የተጠናከረ የአሜሪካና የኢትዮጵያ ስትራቴጂያዊ ግንኙነት ወሳኝ ነው። ሚኒስትር ሩቢዮ እንዳመለከቱት፣ ሽብርተኝነትን ለመዋጋት፣ ድንበሮችን ለማስጠበቅና የአካባቢ ግጭቶች ወደ ሰፊ ክልላዊ ጦርነቶች እንዳያድጉ ወታደራዊ ጥረቶችን ለማቀናጀት ክልላዊ ትብብር ያስፈልጋል። እ.ኤ.አ. ኖቬምበር 10 ቀን 2024 “በአሜሪካ የሥርዓት ለውጥ፦ በኢትዮጵያና በአሜሪካ ግንኙነት አዲስ ዘመን መባቻ” በሚል ርዕስ አንድ ትንታኔ አሳትሜ ነበር። በትራምፕ አስተዳደር ዘመን በኢትዮጵያና በአሜሪካ መካከል ያለው ግንኙነት በከፍተኛ ደረጃ እንደሚሻሻል ተንብዬ ነበር። ያ ትንበያ አሁን እውን ሆኗል።በቅርቡ በሁለቱ ሀገራት መካከል በመከላከያ፣ በዲፕሎማሲ፣ በኢኮኖሚ ልማትና በጤና አገልግሎት የተለያዩ ዘርፎችን የሚመለከቱ ስምምነቶች የግንኙነቱን አዲስ መነቃቃት አጠናክረውታል። እ.ኤ.አ. ግንቦት 11 ቀን 2026 አሜሪካና ኢትዮጵያ በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ የሁለትዮሽ የተዋቀረ ውይይት ማዕቀፍ ስምምነት (Bilateral Structured Dialogue Framework Agreement) ፈረሙ። ይህ ማዕቀፍ በኢኮኖሚ ብልጽግናና ንግድ፣ በመከላከያና በደኅንነት ትብብር፣ እንዲሁም በክልላዊ ሰላምና መረጋጋት ላይ ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ያላቸው ውይይቶችን ለማካሄድ መሠረት ይጥላል። የማዕቀፉ ዓላማ የናይል ውሃ ክርክርን፣ የሱዳንን የእርስ በርስ ጦርነትና የቀይ ባሕርን ደኅንነት ጨምሮ ቁልፍ የክልሉን ጉዳዮች ለማቀናጀት መደበኛ መሣሪያ ሆኖ ማገልገል ነው። እ.ኤ.አ. ነሐሴ 2026 ፔንታጎን ያደረገውን ምክክር ተከትሎ፣ ሁለቱ ሀገራት በመከላከያና በደኅንነት ዘርፍ ሁሉን አቀፍ ስትራቴጂያዊ ትብብርን እንዲያካትት ግንኙነታቸውን ለማስፋት ተስማሙ። ይህ ትብብር የጋራ ጥቅሞችንና መተማመንን ለማጠናከር፣ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላምና መረጋጋትን ለማረጋገጥም በጋራ ለመሥራት ያለመ ነው። የሁለቱ ሀገራት ትብብር በዲፕሎማሲና በደኅንነት ብቻ አይወሰንም፤ ወደ ጤና ዘርፍም ይዘልቃል። እ.ኤ.አ. ዲሴምበር 2025 ሁለቱ ሀገራት ለአምስት ዓመታት የሚቆይና 1.6 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የሚያወጣ የጤና ትብብር የመግባቢያ ሰነድ ፈረሙ። አሜሪካ ከ1 ቢሊዮን ዶላር በላይ በድጋፍ መልክ ለመስጠት ቃል ገባች፤ ኢትዮጵያ ደግሞ የተሻሉ የጤና ተቋማትን ለመገንባትና እንደ ኤችአይቪ/ኤድስና ወባ ያሉ በሽታዎችን ለመዋጋት 450 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ለማዋጣት ተስማማች። እነዚህ ስምምነቶች በአሜሪካና በኢትዮጵያ መካከል ሁሉን አቀፍ ስትራቴጂያዊ አጋርነት ለመመሥረት መሠረት ይጥላሉ። ስምምነቶቹን በተሳካ ሁኔታ መተግበር የጋራ መተማመንን ያጠናክራል፣ የጋራ የደኅንነት ዓላማዎችን ያሳካል፣ የኢኮኖሚና የልማት ትብብርን ያጠናክራል፣ እንዲሁም በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ዘላቂ ሰላምና መረጋጋት እንዲኖር ያግዛል። የተረጋጋ የአሜሪካና የኢትዮጵያ ግንኙነት ለተረጋጋና ለበለጸገ የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ጠንካራ መሠረት ነው። የሚኒስትር ሩቢዮ ንግግር፣ ኤርትራ ሕወሓትን እንደ ተወካይ በመጠቀም በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ጦርነት ለማካሄድ የሚያስከትለውን አዲስ ፈተና በግልጽ ያሳያል። ኤርትራ በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ጦርነት የሚያካሂዱ፣ ክልሉን የሚያተራምሱ ወይም በአንድ ወገን ውሳኔ አደገኛ ወታደራዊ ጀብዱዎችን የሚፈጽሙ የታጠቁ ተወካይ ቡድኖችን መደገፍ ታቆማለችን? የቆየው ተረት እንደሚለው፣ “በጊዜው የተደረገ አንድ ጥገና ዘጠኝ ጥገናዎችን ይታደጋል።” አሁን አሜሪካ ኤርትራ ሽብርተኝነትንና በክልሉ ያሉ የታጠቁ ተወካይ ቡድኖችን መደገፍ እንድታቆም ጫና የምታደርግበት ጊዜ አሁን ነው። ኤርትራ የክርክር ልዩነቶችን በሰላማዊ መንገድ የመፍታትን መንገድ መምረጥ፣ የጎረቤት ሀገራትን የግዛት አንድነትና ሉዓላዊነት ማክበር፣ እንዲሁም ዓለም አቀፍ ሕግን መከተል አለባት። በአሜሪካና በኢትዮጵያ ግንኙነት እየታዩ ያሉት ለውጦች ከዚህ የበለጠ ሰፊና ስትራቴጂያዊ እውነታን ያመለክታሉ ብዬ አምናለሁ። ይህም የኢትዮጵያ ስትራቴጂያዊ አስፈላጊነት ከተዳከመ፣ ለሽብርተኝነት የመንግሥት ድጋፍ የሚሰጡ ኃይሎች ያለቅጣት እንዲንቀሳቀሱ ከተፈቀደ፣ የታጠቁ ቡድኖችም ያለ እንቅፋት እንዲንቀሳቀሱ ከተተወ፣ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላም ሊኖር አይችልም ማለት ነው። ከሁሉም በላይ፣ ኢትዮጵያ ወደ ባሕር ሕጋዊ የመድረስ መብቷን የምትከታተልበት ጥያቄ ከተከለከለ ወይም ከተጓተተ፣ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሰላም ሊኖር አይችልም! የሚያስፈልገው፣ የኢትዮጵያን ለአሜሪካ ያላትን ስትራቴጂያዊ አስፈላጊነት የሚቀበል፣ ሉዓላዊነቷን የሚያከብር፣ ሕጋዊ የደኅንነት ስጋቶቿን የሚያስተናግድና ሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ መፍትሔዎችን የሚያበረታታ ስትራቴጂ ነው። የታደሰው የአሜሪካና የኢትዮጵያ ትብብር ወደ ተጨባጭ የጋራ እርምጃ ከተለወጠ፣ ለክልላዊ ሰላምና መረጋጋት ጠንካራ መነሻ ሊሆን ይችላል። አማራጩ ግን “አልሸባብ–አስመራ” የሚባል አዲስ ቅርንጫፍ እንዲፈጠር የሚያስከትል አደጋን መጋበዝ ነው፤ ይህም ኢትዮጵያን፣ አሜሪካንና ሰፊውን ክልል ይበልጥ ለአደጋ ያጋልጣል። “በጊዜው የተደረገ አንድ ጥገና ዘጠኝ ጥገናዎችን ይታደጋል።” የቅድመ መከላከያ ዲፕሎማሲ ጊዜው አሁን ነው። አሜሪካ ለኤርትራ የታጠቁ ተወካይ ቡድኖችን መደገፍና ሽብርተኝነትን ማስቻል ከባድ ውጤቶች እንደሚያስከትል በግልጽ ማሳወቅ አለባት። እ.ኤ.አ. በ2017 ፕሬዚዳንት ትራምፕ ሽብርተኝነትን መዋጋት “በመልካምና በክፉ መካከል የሚደረግ ትግል” እንጂ “በተለያዩ እምነቶች፣ በተለያዩ የእምነት ክፍሎች ወይም በተለያዩ ሥልጣኔዎች መካከል የሚደረግ ጦርነት” እንዳልሆነ አውጀው ነበር። ዛሬ አሜሪካና ኢትዮጵያ በአፍሪካ ቀንድ ሽብርተኝነትን፣ ዓመፅንና መረጋጋትን የሚያደፈርሰውን የጥፋት ጥምረት ለማሸነፍ፣ የክፋት ዘንግን ለመመከት ቅዱስ የሰላም ጥምረት መመሥረት አለባቸው። በጋራ በመቆም፣ የሽብርተኝነትን መቅሰፍት ከክልሉ አንዴና ለዘላለም ማጥፋት አለባቸው። MEGA–MAGA እናድርግ! ኢትዮጵያን እንደገና ታላቅ እናድርግ። አሜሪካን እንደገና ታላቅ እናድርግ። @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

👇 youtube.com/watch?v=dFC1DeqI… 𝐍𝐎 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐋-𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐀𝐁 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀! U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a stern warning about the axis of terrorism operating in the Horn of Africa: the unholy alliance between the TPLF and its state sponsor, Eritrea. Washington must act decisively: pressure Eritrea to end its support for armed proxies, hold the regime accountable, and deter aggression against Ethiopia. It would be a grave strategic blunder for the U.S. to allow this alliance to destabilize the Horn and create a second beachhead for Al-Shabaab in Asmara. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰—𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐔.𝐒.–𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰! @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

Full commentary 👇 megatopia.org/wp-content/upl… 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲: 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 (𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞. @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀-𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 “... You have the separatists. They were attacking inside of Ethiopia... And you have an Ethiopian response... We understand the challenge they [Ethiopians] are facing from the separatists...and obviously, no one is supportive of terrorism and the terrorist attacks that came against them [Ethiopians], drone attacks against their own capital...” On October 17, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed concerns about the increasing military tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea that may lead to regional war. He urged mutual de-escalation, reciprocal respect for national sovereignty, and peace diplomacy. Both Ethiopia and the United States have the same strategic interest in fighting terrorism and achieving stability and security in the Horn of Africa region. Today, both of them face a common enemy: an unholy alliance of a terror group known as the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) and its state sponsor, the Eritrean regime. The critical issue is whether a proxy war waged by this alliance could threaten not only Ethiopian sovereignty and the stability of the Horn but also the strategic interests of America in the region. A fundamental geopolitical realignment is taking place in the Horn of Africa, especially in the Trump administration's new approach to Ethiopia. The difference between how the Biden administration responded to the terrorist war ignited by the TPLF in northern Ethiopia in 2020-2022 and the security-driven approach that defines the policies of the Trump administration is indicative of the different priorities that are now guiding United States’ approach towards Ethiopia. These changes coupled with the renewed and reinvigorated Ethiopia-US cooperation and increasing concerns over regional destabilization suggests the need for a strong US-Ethiopian alliance and partnership for peace and security in the Horn of Africa. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. During the TPLF’s 2020–2022 terrorist war, which began with the massacre of hundreds of members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force’s Northern Command, senior Biden administration officials, including Antony Blinken, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power, stood firmly in support of the TPLF. They left no stone unturned to isolate Ethiopia diplomatically, restrict access to loans and other support from the World Bank and the IMF, demonize Ethiopia in the global media for alleged human rights violations and encourage internal opposition in the name of press freedom. To add insult to injury, the Biden administration removed Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) program, a decision that cost thousands of low-income Ethiopians their jobs. But the Biden administration miscalculated: for all its toughness, the Ethiopian government remained even tougher. Rather than succumbing to pressure, Ethiopia stood her ground, held her head up high and never backed down. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐋𝐅 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝. The Trump administration’s firm stand against terrorism in Ethiopia is nothing new. Six years ago, the Trump administration delivered a similar message. On November 4, 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the TPLF attack and declared, “The United States stands with the people of Ethiopia and will work with all who are committed to peace, prosperity, democracy, and the rule of law.” On November 15, 2020, Tibor Nagy, the Trump administration’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, issued a stinging denunciation: “The United States strongly condemns the TPLF’s unjustifiable attacks against Eritrea on November 14 and its efforts to internationalize the conflict in Tigray. We continue to urge immediate action to protect civilians, deescalate tensions, and restore peace.” On December 1, 2020, Nagy reiterated this position in a BBC interview, stating, “It is important to remember here there is not equivalency. You have a sovereign government and a region of Ethiopia the leadership of which basically started a conflict against the government… The Tigrean leadership… wanted to use the opportunity basically to overthrow the prime minister and return to the type of privilege that they had enjoyed within the Ethiopian state for the last 27 years…” On October 17, 2026, Secretary Rubio reaffirmed Ethiopia’s sovereign right to defend itself against terrorism. Such is the remarkable consistency of the Trump administration’s policy against terrorism in the Horn of Africa and its commitment to regional stability. The larger irony lies in the fact that the TPLF, once classified as a Tier III terrorist organization by the US State Department and became a favorite partner of the Biden administration in Africa, has been called out by the Trump administration for its terrorism and destabilizing role in Ethiopia and the region. The Trump administration clearly understands Ethiopia’s strategic significance as the second-most populous country in Africa and an international diplomatic hub. As host of the African Union headquarters, Ethiopia occupies a central position in the political and security architecture of the Horn of Africa. As Secretary Rubio's remarks suggest, Ethiopia’s security and stability has consequences not only for its neighbors but also for the stability of the wider region, regional trade, counterterrorism efforts, and migration. A new and strengthened U.S.–Ethiopia strategic relationship is essential for long-term stability in the Horn of Africa. As Secretary Rubio suggested, regional cooperation is necessary to fight terrorism, secure borders, and coordinate military efforts to ensure that local conflicts do not escalate into wider regional wars. On November 10, 2024, I published a commentary titled “Regime Change in America: Dawn of a New Era in Ethiopia–U.S. Relations.” I predicted that relations between Ethiopia and the United States would improve significantly under the Trump administration. That prediction has now come to pass. The relationship between the United States and Ethiopia has recently been energized by a number of agreements that deal with various aspects of defense, diplomacy, economic development, and health care. The US and Ethiopia entered into the Bilateral Structured Dialogue Framework Agreement in Washington D.C. on May 11, 2026. This Framework establishes high-level dialogues on economic prosperity and trade, defense and security collaboration, and regional peace and stability. The Framework is intended to act as a formal tool of coordination of the key regional issues, which include Nile water dispute, the Sudan civil war, and Red Sea security. In August 2026, the two countries have agreed to expand their relations to include comprehensive strategic cooperation in defense and security following consultations by the Pentagon. The cooperation seeks to foster common interests and trust as well as work jointly in ensuring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa. The cooperation between the two countries is not limited to only diplomacy and security but extends to the health sector too. In December 2025, the two countries entered into a Health Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding for five years worth $1.6 billion. The USA promised to give over $1 billion in grants where Ethiopia was to contribute $450 million towards the construction of better health facilities and fighting diseases like HIV/AIDS and Malaria. These agreements lay the groundwork for an overarching strategic partnership between the United States and Ethiopia. Successful implementation of these agreements will serve to enhance mutual trust, pursue common security goals, deepen economic and development cooperation and ensure lasting peace and stability in the region of the Horn of Africa. A stable U.S.–Ethiopia relationship provides a strong foundation for a stable and prosperous Horn of Africa. Secretary Rubio's remarks highlight the emerging challenge posed by Eritrea’s use of the TPLF as a proxy to wage war against Ethiopia. Will Eritrea refrain from backing armed proxies that wage war in Ethiopia, destabilize the region, or engage in unilateral military misadventures? As the age-old adage states, “A stitch in time saves nine.” It is now time for the United States to exert pressure on Eritrea to stop supporting terrorism and armed proxy groups in the region. Eritrea must choose the path of peaceful settlement of disputes, respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of its neighbors and adhere to international law. I believe that the changes in the U.S.-Ethiopian relationship indicate a larger and more strategic reality, namely that there will be no peace in the Horn of Africa if Ethiopia’s strategic significance is undermined; state-sponsors of terrorism are allowed to act with impunity and armed factions operate freely. Most importantly, there will be no peace in the Horn of Africa if Ethiopia’s quest for legitimate access to the sea is denied or delayed! What is needed is a strategy that recognizes Ethiopia’s strategic importance to the United States, respects its sovereignty, addresses its legitimate security concerns, and encourages peaceful political settlements. If renewed U.S.–Ethiopia engagement translates into concrete cooperation, it could provide a solid starting point for regional peace and stability. The alternative is to risk allowing the emergence of a newest branch of "Al-Shabaab- Asmara," further endangering Ethiopia, the United States, and the wider region. “A stitch in time saves nine.” The time for preventive diplomacy is now. The United States should make clear to Eritrea that supporting armed proxies and enabling terrorism will carry serious consequences. In 2017, President Trump declared the fight against terrorism is a "battle between good and evil," not a fight between "different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations." Today, the United States and Ethiopia must forge a sacred alliance for peace to defeat the Axis of Evil—the axis of an unholy alliance perpetrating terrorism, violence, and destabilization across the Horn of Africa. Together, they must eradicate the scourge of terrorism from the region once and for all. Let’s MEGA-MAGA! MAKE ETHIOPIA GREAT AGAIN. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. @PMEthiopia @AbiyAhmedAli @TagessechaffoD @AdanechAbiebie @TayeAtske @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @mfaethiopia @AdanechAbiebie @_AfricanUnion @USEmbassyAddis @DeputySecState @StateDept @marcorubio @VP @PeteHegseth @ChinaEmbAddis @USAfricaCommand @GovernmentRF @EUinEthiopia @RusEmbEthiopia @binalf7 @MfaEgypt @TemesgenTiru @IGADsecretariat #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba @UKinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @GerEmbAddis @TiborPNagyJr @NorwayinAddis @AusEmbET @SweinEthiopia @flyethiopian @AlsisiOfficial @RedwanHussien @ECA_Official #Somaliland #Egypt #Eritrea @MOFASomalia @reda_getachew @EthiopianNewsA @EthioNDC @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica @BloombergAfrica @Aljazeerafrican @emirates @HHShkMohd @AlArabiya_Brk #Israel