Ethiopia is one of the ancient nations that existed way before the Europeans started invading and partitioning Africa. One of the main reasons why Axum was the center of civilization and commerce was because of the fact that Axum had a port that enabled her to import and export its goods, and the port as you know, is located in the Red sea. The Axumites were the sole owners of the Red sea and its coastal areas and no one has a right to take away the very ports that helped them become the supper powers of their time.
If the Israelites can come back and create a new country called Israel, Ethiopians must also be allowed to claim back their Coastal areas by legal means if possible, if not by force, that they have owned since the biblical period. The Europeans have committed horrific crimes when they were grabbing lands from sovereign countries like Ethiopia. The map they created for Ethiopia carving out the coastal areas is evil and was designed to weaken our country and is not acceptable to any Ethiopian.
If the Israelites can come back and create a new country called Israel, Ethiopians must also be allowed to claim back their Coastal areas by legal means if possible, if not by force, that they have owned since the biblical period. The Europeans have committed horrific crimes when they were grabbing lands from sovereign countries like Ethiopia. The map they created for Ethiopia carving out the coastal areas is evil and was designed to weaken our country and is not acceptable to any Ethiopian.
Look at the map of this ancient nation and see for your self the malice of the Europeans. Their intention to land lock Ethiopia and harm Ethiopians is not acceptable and must not be used to demarcate the border between Ethiopia and the country they try to create in the North.
A country of about eighty million can't be denied an access to the sea because the Europeans said so. An ancient nation can't be with out ports because the invaders said so.
The institution of European colonialism was barbaric and anything they did in Africa was based on greed and the world must not reward these greedy Europeans for creating havoc in the horn by denying our nation an access to the sea, the sea that was used as an outlet to the outside world and was crucial to the emergence of the great Axumite civilization.
TPLF leaders admitted that they have fought for the secession of Eritrea more than any one else and fulfilled the dreams of Europeans and others to weaken Ethiopia by closing its only outlet to the outside world. These traitors not only gave up our Sea shores, but also caused the deaths of thousands of Tigreans in Eritrea for nothing. The ultimate beneficiaries of the struggle and sacrifices of Tigrean youths are enemies of Ethiopia not Tigreans or Ethiopians as the traitors would try to convince us.
Meles, on his interview with Dimtsi Weyane, as if he is the sole owner of Ethiopia, said that " we never regretted, we never regret and we will never regret for ceding Eritrea." A party led by this traitor is responsible for the separation of Eritrea from Ethiopia. His comrade, Sebhat Nega, also told Dimsti Woyane that his party will defend Eritrea from any invaders. Having these kind of people in the leadership is dangerous and all Tigreans must be cautious this time around and learn from past experiences so as not to repeat the same mistakes ever again. Unlike Meles, all Ethiopians are very saddened to see their country loose its sea shores and ports and become dependent for all of its imports and exports on countries that could possibly be used as a staging ground to destabilize her.
Ato Abadi Zemo, a man who played a major role in the fight for the independence of Eritrea admitted that there is an advantage to being closer to the ports. He said that Tigray could have attracted many investors because of its proximity to the Red Sea, which is rightfully hers. These are the leaders that we have now in Tigray. These are the leaders who have been telling us, in order to justify their support for the secession of Eritrea, owning a port has not helped us in the past and will not help us in the future.
God Created man, TPLF leaders created Issaias
The main actors who played a major role in denying Ethiopia its access to the sea are Arab nations and TPLF leaders. Many Tigreans were taken to Nakfa by TPLF leaders to defend Shaebia during the successive campaigns by Derg to wipe out Shaebia's army. As a result, Shaebia was saved from surrendering or capitulating. Thousands of Tigrean Tegadelti died in Eritrean mountains and thousands more were wounded in the name of freedom we don't know from whom. Derg was ultimately defeated and we ended up losing our ports that we have owned for thousands of years. Right after the fall of the Derg, TPLF leaders became the advocates of Shaebia and helped Eritrea become an independent nation and Ethiopia lost its access to the sea. Ethiopia cannot afford to lose this very important and strategic sea and all Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia must wage a war against those who are determined to destabilize her by closing her door to the outside world. Ethiopians must unite and march to the Red sea to claim our ports that we have had for thousands of years. Those forces who are behind the land locking of our nation must be removed from power and the forces who stand for the unity and territorial integrity of Ethiopia must be allowed to lead our country in its fight against these traitors and agents of the enemies of our country.
TPLF leaders saved Shaebia from capitulating in Nakfa and then awarded them our ports and territories. Now, after ceding Eritrea, our country is still at war with the same country that the TPLF helped create. There is no end to the war that started about 30 years ago that seemed to have ended in the 1990's . We were told that the war with Eritrea was ended for the sake of peace. It has been about 20 years since Eritrea was created and there is no peace in sight. In 1998, Eritrea started a war to annex Ethiopia's territories, during which over 40, 000 Ethiopians lost their lives and thousands more were displaced from their homes.
Ethiopian Defense Forces routed Shaebia's army in a matter of two weeks and Shaebia's army was on the run. Paradoxically, the same leaders who helped and strengthened Shaebia in its fight to break away from Ethiopia, stopped the advancing Ethiopian Forces from completely annihilating the forces of Mussolini. The same man they saved from being engulfed by the fires of the gallant Ethiopian Forces is now back to square one, he is once again creeping back to our borders. Ethiopia is again under the clouds of war, a cloud of war that I think needs a strong wind to disperse it and change its direction and force it to hover over Asmara and the palaces of Issaias Afewerki, which are becoming the heavens of the Jihadists.
Eritrea is one of those countries engaged in destabilizing the peace in the horn and is becoming a heaven for terrorists. We know that the leaders of the ICU and ONLF are using Asmara as a staging ground to launch their terrorist activities against Ethiopia. If so, the government of Ethiopia hs a responsibility to protect its borders and its people. The prime Minister, on his speech to parliament seems to go on circles when it comes to Eritrea. He tried to convince the parliamentarians that the main threat to Ethiopia's security are the Islamists in Somalia, not Shaebia as unusuall. There is no question that the Islamists in Somalia are a threat to the stability and national security of country, but the breeding ground for the terrorists in Somalia is none other than the newly created nation of Eritrea. Unless the terrorists are denied their only breeding ground in the horn of Africa and are allowed to stage their terrorist attacks against Ethiopia, Ethiopia can't have a robust economic growth and its existence can be at risk. In order to justify his "policy of not going to war with Eritrea, " Prime Minister Meles tried very hard to convince his supporters that Eritrea is no a threat to the economic development that are underway, where in reality it Eritrea which is openly backing the Jihadists in Somalia and in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. The murders of six Chinese oil explorers and 75 innocent Ethiopians committed by ONLF, where they use Asmara as a staging ground to laucnch their attacks on Ethiopians and its economic development is a provocation of war . Such acts of aggression by Eritrea against Ethiopia are a declaration of war against Ethiopia and its people, but the prime minister doesn't think so for he has a predilection for Eritrea.
The Algiers agreement must be nullified on the basis of the aggressive and terrorists activities of Eritrea against our nation. The Algiers agreement was also signed by Meles and his party who are the main actors who made it possible for Eritrea to break away from its motherland against the the wills of the Ethiopian people.
The violence in Kenya that resulted in the deaths of about 500 people also had an impact on the economies of all East African nations which use Kenyan ports for their imports and exports. The supplies of oil and other goods were disrupted by the violence. What we can learn from here is that the supplies of oil and other imported goods could also be disrupted in Ethiopia every time there is a crisis in the countries where we depend on for importing and exporting our goods, which will result in the slowing of our economy.
Ethiopians must be united and march towards the ports. Our ports were taken by force and they must be reinstated by force. We cannot afford our supplies to be disrupted or choked by the rogue state of Eritrea that we helped create.
