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The Neo-colonial powers that were in total control of Ethiopia during TPLF's apartheid rule thought ordering Ethiopia to abandon Eritrean ports in favor of Djibouti's would weaken Eritrea's economy. Even their slave Meles Zenawi openly said, "the Assab Port will become a watering hole for camels." He was given assurances by his master that they would pay the one billion dollars in annual port fees to Djibouti and put it on his tab.

Meles, being a low IQ agame, thought he never had to repay the money to his masters, but he was wrong! He saw Ethiopia's external debt ballooning from 7 Billion in 1991 to 28 Billion in 2012. Nothing in the world is free. Everything comes with a price. Good luck explaining that universal truth to the low IQ agame who saddled Ethiopia with debt.

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When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was operating Djibouti's port, it was charging the TPLF one billion dollars a year for using the port. During the same period, the UAE was paying half a billion dollars a year to Eritrea to park its naval fleets at the Assab port, which means the TPLF were indirectly paying Eritrea half a billion dollars every year without having to set foot at the Assab Port.

Djibouti's port is today operated by China, which is Eritrea’s largest investor, contractor, and trading partner. China and Eritrea are building some of Eritrea's most important infrastructure, which includes upgrading the port of Massawa and a strategic road linking Massawa to Assab. In the event that Eritrea decides to lease its ports to its largest trading partner and investor, the incessant barking of the dogs at the Chinese Dragon will increase in intensity, but it won't make any difference. Sovereignty is the ultimate right to doing things your way or the highway.

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Landlocked Switzerland, one of the world's wealthiest countries, and home to some of the richest citizens in the world, has the oldest policy of military neutrality in the world; it has not participated in a foreign war since its neutrality was established in 1815.

• "What most people don’t know is that the Swiss had to choose a policy of neutrality, because for centuries, they'd been a country of mercenaries. Back in the Middle Ages, the Swiss were very good at fighting wars. So good that they turned it into a thriving business. Basically mercenary service was due to economic reasons, so it continued to be a good source of income – until they lost. The reckoning came at the Battle of Marignano in 1515 when the French and Venetians arrived with artillery and armoured cavalry, and the Swiss brought pikes and spears. Sadly, technology had passed them by. They then stepped back from getting involved in Europe’s major political things. Since then, Switzerland has basically been the neutral country we’ve all come to know,” said Laurent Goetschel, professor of political science at University of Basel in Switzerland.

The Swizz government's website defines its neutrality policy as, "the country must refrain from engaging in war, not allow belligerent states to use its territory and not supply mercenary troops to belligerent states."

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The low IQ agame took out IMF and World Bank loans to pay for Djibouti's port services, and Ethiopia wound up carrying $56 billion dollars in external debt as a result. The TPLF thought they were punishing Eritrea, but it turned out the other way around. IMF debt collectors are now visiting Ethiopia with demands to privatize State-owned enterprises as a condition for approving more loans. For instance, the IMF wants to privatize Ethiopian Airlines by transferring ownership from public to foreign investors' hands. This could possibly mean changing its name to Elon Musk Airlines, or X Airlines. It sucks!