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sarcasm
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by sarcasm » 20 Feb 2022, 20:12
የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሬዝዳንት መንግስቱ ሃይለማርያም ልጅ:-
“ሃይለስላሴም ሆነ መንግስቱ አባይን መገደብ ለኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚም ሆነ ፖለቲካ ጥቅም የለውም ብለው ትተውታል”
“ታዲያ ወያኔ ለምን አባይን መገደብ ፈለገ?”
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eden
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by eden » 20 Feb 2022, 20:56
I think, the Egyptians always argued Ethiopia should utilize its numerous rivers that do not threaten them instead of the Nile. They strongly feel that if Ethiopia's objective is to fight poverty, why not use other rivers or even the rain.
Meles was was asked this very question by an Egyptian media. I didn't find his answer convincing. At the time, he answered saying if we can accomplish handling the Nile, we can build confidence in handling the rest.
Tigist is not the only Ethiopian using same argument the Egyptian routinely use. Even Ginbot 7 and the fanatic diaspora opposition employed this conspiracy laced argument in trying to dissuade Ethiopians from buying bond to finance the GERD.
Tigist probably see her argument was wrong. Meles was taking advantage of Egyptian weak state. She failed to see Egypt was going through internal issues. She had assumed Egypt was as strong as during Mengie time. I wonder what her opinion is today.
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Selam/
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by Selam/ » 20 Feb 2022, 21:24
No wonder many Ethiopians questioned the intentions of cruel woyanes when the project started more than a decade ago. Given their track record as master of divisions, manipulations, and theft, no one trusted the irigum TPLFs and their cursed ideological father, the frog. Interestingly, they proved the fears of Ethiopians when they delayed the project by 7 years, breached contracts, escalated the cost through the roof, enhanced corruption & misused Ethiopians’ resources. Regarding Egypt, I say this: fvck them. We can build a dam wherever we want. We don’t need their permission as they didn’t seek ours when they built two mega dams.
eden wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 20:56
I think, the Egyptians always argued Ethiopia should utilize its numerous rivers that do not threaten them instead of the Nile. They strongly feel that if Ethiopia's objective is to fight poverty, why not use other rivers or even the rain.
Meles was was asked this very question by an Egyptian media. I didn't find his answer convincing. At the time, he answered saying if we can accomplish handling the Nile, we can build confidence in handling the rest.
Tigist is not the only Ethiopian using same argument the Egyptian routinely use. Even Ginbot 7 and the fanatic diaspora opposition employed this conspiracy laced argument in trying to dissuade Ethiopians from buying bond to finance the GERD.
Tigist probably see her argument was wrong. Meles was taking advantage of Egyptian weak state. She failed to see Egypt was going through internal issues. She had assumed Egypt was as strong as during Mengie time. I wonder what her opinion is today.
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eden
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by eden » 20 Feb 2022, 21:32
Selam
Why do you find it difficult to imagine folks in Egypt are your own people? All humans around the Nile are one people.
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by Educator » 20 Feb 2022, 22:27
I would still argue the renaissance dam is a damn project when seen from the economic and political perspective of the region. If the money spent on this dam was used to build micro dams that would each produce 10% of what this dam is intended to produce, we could have built ten of them in half the time this one is taking. If smaller dams at different locations were build instead, they could be used for irrigation as well.
And politically, it would take one disgruntled gorilla group to bring this dam and its production to a halt in a matter of days as it is located too close to the border with Sudan. Egypt and Sudan would never allow the water to be used for irrigation either as their concern would be supported by the wider international community. They could easily take military action with impunity.
eden wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 20:56
I think, the Egyptians always argued Ethiopia should utilize its numerous rivers that do not threaten them instead of the Nile. They strongly feel that if Ethiopia's objective is to fight poverty, why not use other rivers or even the rain.
Meles was was asked this very question by an Egyptian media. I didn't find his answer convincing. At the time, he answered saying if we can accomplish handling the Nile, we can build confidence in handling the rest.
Tigist is not the only Ethiopian using same argument the Egyptian routinely use. Even Ginbot 7 and the fanatic diaspora opposition employed this conspiracy laced argument in trying to dissuade Ethiopians from buying bond to finance the GERD.
Tigist probably see her argument was wrong. Meles was taking advantage of Egyptian weak state. She failed to see Egypt was going through internal issues. She had assumed Egypt was as strong as during Mengie time. I wonder what her opinion is today.
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sun
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by sun » 20 Feb 2022, 22:43
sarcasm wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 20:12
የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሬዝዳንት መንግስቱ ሃይለማርያም ልጅ:-
“ሃይለስላሴም ሆነ መንግስቱ አባይን መገደብ ለኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚም ሆነ ፖለቲካ ጥቅም የለውም ብለው ትተውታል”
“ታዲያ ወያኔ ለምን አባይን መገደብ ፈለገ?”
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You are known for your fake news and manger of fake gossip factory, in which case you have to present the hard proof exhibiting that she said what you have just said otherwise we will sing, saying, "sarcastic Liar, liar, let your tattered dirty pants burn on the red hot fire."

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by sarcasm » 21 Feb 2022, 08:16
sun wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 22:43
sarcasm wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 20:12
የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ፕሬዝዳንት መንግስቱ ሃይለማርያም ልጅ:-
“ሃይለስላሴም ሆነ መንግስቱ አባይን መገደብ ለኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚም ሆነ ፖለቲካ ጥቅም የለውም ብለው ትተውታል”
“ታዲያ ወያኔ ለምን አባይን መገደብ ፈለገ?”
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You are known for your fake news and manger of fake gossip factory, in which case you have to present the hard proof exhibiting that she said what you have just said otherwise we will sing, saying, "sarcastic Liar, liar, let your tattered dirty pants burn on the red hot fire."
Fake? Did you really listen to the clip?
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Selam/
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by Selam/ » 21 Feb 2022, 12:06
No, they aren’t my people but it doesn’t mean we should deliberately harm them. This is not the first time an upstream dam is built in the world. Such kinds of dams have been built everywhere in the world but they aren’t built with the intention of hurting the downstream countries but to mainly benefit the country where the structure is erected.
You know what the Egyptians’ problem is? Entitlement! They feel entitled to 100% of the water and they have been sabotaging our efforts to make all kinds of developments along the river basin. You may think that they would be happy if we focus our effort on the tributaries. No, they don’t want Ethiopian farmers to get out of the sheer poverty they are in. Because what that means is we would need to mechanize our agriculture and keep most of the rain water from entering the river basin. It means, we need to generate energy and plant trees (that’s in the making) to retain storm water runoff.
It’s up to us to decide how we achieve those goals, not Egypt & not Sudan. Egyptians didn’t consult us when they built two dams and use more than 85% of the country's share of the Nile for commercial farming, exporting $2.215 billion/year worth of agricultural produces to Europe & the Middle East.
eden wrote: ↑20 Feb 2022, 21:32
Selam
Why do you find it difficult to imagine folks in Egypt are your own people? All humans around the Nile are one people.