You make a good point in the
bolded part of the last sentence. But history states that Egypt doesn't really want no smoke with Ethiopia. They got their Kufi's smacked on multiple occasions over the past 150 years by them Habesha brehs.
But Ethiopia as of late allowing themselves to be used as a puppet for U.S. interests in the region is just
fighting proxy wars in the region on behalf of the U.S. when they have problems out the ass to attend to within their own borders is just downright disgraceful.
Egypt and Ethiopia are both U.S. puppets. But if shyt came to a head over the Nile river situation and shyt started to get real... The U.S. is definitely riding with Egypt seeing as they have more vested geo-political interests there and the outcome of a conflict between the two could look alot different than in the past because of U.S. military & logistical support.
Yeah, its bullshyt to see that. But Ethiopia ain't the nation it could be its suffered centuries of interference. Egypt and Ethiopia got a rivalry because of the Nile and that alone, it's gone on for as long as they've existed its thousands of years deeper than simply "Arabs vs Habeshas" they comprise the later chapters of the story. Ethiopia the parent state for a lot of cultures, its grown and shrunk over thousands of years. Nowadays that arab shyt is the wave so a united and prosperous Ethiopia isn't possible because of so many outside players. All of the great powers of the world have wanted to control the Nile basin and Red Sea/Indian Ocean coast and keeping the people separated is a good way to do it. A lot of govts are playing puppet to keep us powerless.
We'll see how long Egypt's rope is though, still I don't see them invading they're starting to cooperate with the dam project so that's a good sign.
1. It's only a matter of time before the richest Ethiopian Al Amoudi backs up a fellow Muslim for that top spot
Are you Amharic, Oromo or Tigray? If you're the former I know you're fuming at the fact that a minority (Tigray) has been controlling the country since the 90s
2. It's well known in Somali circles that it was maily 1 tribe that fought and did the most damage against the Ethiopians in 07. You guys actually had the support of the 2 main political clans otherwise no Ethiopian soldier is ever stepping inside Somalia. Fact remains you expected a cakewalk but got bogged down by tribal militias. No army, no unity and you were still forced to bail out without achieving your objectives.
From Wikileaks:
Besides it's not new for 1 or 2 tribes to give that work to the Ethiopian army. The latest example being the Tigrinya carving out a chunk of territory and calling it Eritrea, effectively making Ethiopia a landlocked country
3. Ethiopia has always been the darling of cac Europe due to its history of Christianity. It's not like you're a superpower that never been invaded, it's that when you do get invaded and overwhelmed you have cacs coming out the woodwork to save your ass
1. Well why hasn't he yet? It's been years now and we still haven't seen it. Overrate arab influence over civilizations that precede it brehs.
2. I'm all 3 actually, so tribal politics has no place in my political views of Ethiopia or the region.
3. Well the Somalis aren't punks so its no shock they one of our greatest rivals. But at the end of the day the importance of Abyssinia has always superseded the lowlands and coast that's why the coastal groups and other groups of the Nile basin have wanted it but never got it. Ethiopians had no business taking part in America's bullshyt so that 07 shyt was karma but it remains that the coastal states are failed in their own ways and would benefit more federating with the heartland under a modern system of respect for cultures and cooperation.
4. Actually the Italians carved out Eritrea it was never a creation of the indigenous population. Your arab stanning is exposed again breh, Menelik II exchanged the northern kingdoms of Tigray, Afar, and other outside groups in order to weaken the successor of the Tigrayan Emperor Yohannes(who whooped the Egyptians and valiantly died in battle holding off the Mahdists and Egyptian/arab expansion. It's not one or two tribes, Eritrea is a microcosm of Ethiopia itself there are many tribal interests within the country they were all politicized the Italians under religious, anti-Ethiopian, or pro Italian grounds and the Unionist efforts were disrupted by the outsiders. Get your history straight before talking about Zion breh. The outside players did a good job splitting Mareb Melash afterwards I admit, but how long do you think Eritreans can tolerate a police state? The reunification of northern and southern Tigray and the northern areas of Afar with the rest of the interior is always a possibility because just having the coast hasn't given the colonial creation much of anything.
5. Ethiopia is the first nation on this Earth and one of its greatest contributors, cacs was on our nuts because we collectively live up to the legend. Cacs didn't help us for years under the Italians and they still couldn't take the whole country and formally colonize us. My own ancestors was guerillas duping the idiot Italians into ambushes and fukkin them up, they had to resort to illegal tactics and still couldn't beat us fully like they did the Eritreans and the Somalis. At the end of the day Ethiopia was a country not to be touched and all of Europe paid for it when H.I.M. told them they would suffer the same fate. They was only too glad to wipe the smug off their faces and be humbled by us.
@Tony Muthafu%*in Tubbs
The modern Egyptian army will defeat the Ethiopians, they get more military funding from the US than you guys and are more professional. Plus I'm sure North Sudan will have a say in the matter if Ethiopia decides to carry out their plan for the Nile. It won't be Egypt vs Ethiopia, you'll have a few countries involved plus liberation movements across borders opening up new fronts.
@Kritic not sure what you meant by that
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Like I said it all remains to be seen.
This is a great post.
I dont know how I feel about these post....
lol, Like Ethiopia was the good guy in that Eritrea shyt... like Ethiopians haven't made a 3 century habit out of selling out other African groups for their own gain.
And the Ironic thing about all of it is that ancient ETHIOPIANS are the ones that migrated and created these Arabs- create that culture, allow it to be mixed with cac...
Those are the Arabs that now came back to fukk over the Nile Nubians and others. You guys are their parents... look at the features.
I can't say they were the good guys. I look at the Eritrean tragedy as a circumstance of a lack of development and economic diversity compared to their opponents. Holding back the Arabs was one thing but the Europeans were a real threat and admittedly Menelik thought it was more advantageous to control the interior since the key to influence and economic dominance in the Horn has always been control of the interior heartland which we were determined to keep away from the Europeans. I'm part Eritrean and they all throughout my family so its a very complicated issue but I feel people and lands were just turned into pawns by everyone involved and now we're made to believe we are different people in the region when we all share the same ancestors. The episode of Ras Mengesha maiming Askari Eritreans for their perceived betrayal of the Tigrayan crown and the ancient order is deep, but our shared origins are deeper.
It is ironic though, you notice the involvement of Ethiopians in so many different moments in world history. Arabs aren't just their children, we helped to cultivate their greatest religion just like we did Egypt. To me what's going on now is just another minor episode in the struggle to reunify the peoples of the river. Ethiopian involvement in the cultural development of its neighbors can't be understated and Ethiopia today is extremely simplified and only tells one part of the story which is proof to some Ethiopians of the fractured state of the greater nation.