TGAA wrote: ↑01 Jan 2020, 20:01
Sadacha,Sadacha.... Of all Oromo Ethiopians you picked up this siadbara's mercenary as an Oromo hero.You can fool the gullible Oromos who believe everything you throw at them. When Siadbares inveded Ethopia he was used as a lead of Obo....and provide training. He was simply saidbar's shoe shiner. Do you know when General Amedom marched towards Mekodesho it was Haile Selassie who order him to reverse course..are you sain to think Hailselasse needed a white man's to dislodge your ragtag Somali mercenary? Try to be believable.
go to anywhere in oromia and they will tell u he's our collective hero.
he fought against an oppressive system and government that exploited oromos, kept them poor, and under-educated on purpose.
siad barre didn't do much for waqo. you are exaggerating as usual.
a few old rifles and military training isn't him being some mercenary.
and if haile selassie can beg the white man for military aid, to suppress and oppress oromos and others, then those same oppressed people can ask neighbors for military aid to even the playing field, and fight back!
and you have no one to blame but the exploitative and oppressive system of haile selassie, who were over taxing and oppressing the oromos especially in bale, which led to the revolution that he had to beg the white man for help to put down and even then it took 7 years.
1978 and the first ogaden skirmish/war are two separate event. we know what happened in the 2nd one, it took russia, cuba, yemen, and more, to save the weak ethiopian army who ran away from the somalis.
who do you think armed haile selassie, who do you think sent military engineers, and more? the white man.
he was their slave and puppet in the horn. that's why they ignored eritrea's plight and cause, and forced them to be united with ethiopia.
the bale rebellion needed the white man's help to put down, we all know this, all it takes is reading some history.
otherwise, it would have taken 7 whole years to put it down.
Waaqoo Guutuu (The General)
General Waaqoo Guutuu was born in 1924 in the region of Bale, southeastern Oromia. His father was born in freedom prior to the Ethiopia occupation of the region under Minilik, and would constantly remind his son of this time. From a young age this motivated Waaqoo to change this situation. Waaqoo began the armed stuggle in 1963 and would continue on that path for the remainder of his life.
Waaqo Guutu's force moved to Dallo, the birthplace of Waaqo, and joined old friends like Aliyyi Chirri, who had already revolted and were in the Madda Walaabu forest. The first time the join Waaqo/Chirri guerilla force encountered the enemy was at Malkaa Arganno, where they tasted their fist victory. From there, they advanced to the towns of Oborso and Bidere and liberated them.
The Waaqo/Chirri rebellion spread like forest fire through Dallo, Waabee and other provinces. More leaders with hundreds of followers went to Somalia and received assistance. They used classical guerrilla tactics operating out of bases in the dense forests and mountains of Baale. The guerrillas made constant raids on the colonial force and army outposts and roads to make it difficult for the army to move or to receive supplies. Some of the prominent leaders in the Baale uprising were Waaqo Guutu, Waaqo Luugo, Aliyyi Chirri, Abbaa Washa and Hajji Yisihaq.
Using air cover, the Ethiopian army launched an all-out offensive in Dallo and Gannale to defeat the Baale rebellion. After some of the ferocious fighting, the army captured the towns of Hawo and Buluq in Dallo. But it was a temporary defeat to the guerrillas since they recaptured these places after a few weeks and the government offensive ended as a total failure. At this juncture, the Ethiopian government became desperate, and once again it turned to its patrons for help to rescue the Empire. The British sent over 400 British army engineers to build bridges and roads. One of the bridges that was of tremendous strategic importance was built over the Gannaale river. The American Air Force experts were brought in to improve the fire power of the Ethiopian Air Force jet fighters for more accurate air strikes. Several Israeli counter-insurgency and explosive experts were brought in to advise and guide the army. In spite of all these efforts, the guerrillas were able to repulse the enemy and continue to expand their area activity.
(Taken from Gadaa.com History section)
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Colonel Aliyyi Chirri explains the condition of the fighters during the aerial bombardment;
“What hurt us most were the airplanes. That was what hurt us, and if there were no airplanes, they could not touch us. Airplanes do not differentiate between cows and camels, they destroy everything. They tore people bodies apart. However, let it tear them apart and cut them up, our people never feared or ran for cover under the trees. We just stood our ground. No running, no fleeing. The same when we encounter the enemy on the ground. If it came down to it we would charge them with bayonets and our bare hands, but there is no fleeing. That is how we fought. No fear whatsoever.”
The fighting eventually came to a halt after a peace deal was signed with the Haile Selassie regime. After the deal was signed, Haile Selassie made a visit to Waaqos home region in Dallo Baale. Haile Selassie would later ask Waaqoo, “when I came to Dallo, why didn’t you come and greet me?”. Waaqo replied “I am the ruler of Dallo, and you are the ruler of Shawa therefore when you come to my house, you come and see me.” Such was the contempt he had for a Haile Selassie, a man who could not fight his own battle a day in his life.
