Why would non-Amhara Ethios be OK with paying economic and human costs indefinitely for Amhara to annex Western Tigray?
Posted: 06 Dec 2021, 19:30
What do the rest of Ethiopia gain by paying heavy economic and human costs indefinitely for Amhara region to annex Western Tigray? That is the question.
sarcasm wrote: ↑18 Sep 2021, 08:33Abiy could have negotiated in February to end the war. But he decided against negotiated end to the war. We all can see the consequence of the wrong choice. Again, he is given a second chance and he has to make his choice. The choices have always been two. 1, the Eritrean way 2, the peaceful / negotiated way.sarcasm wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 19:02I want Ethiopia to continue to keep the "reform partner" status and the aid and assistance that come with it. To keep the status and the aid, Ethiopia has to peacefully resolve the Tigray War and allow all civilians caught up in the conflict to get humanitarian assistance. But, if she chooses the "Eritrean Way", then the reform partners status and the benefits associated with it will be lost.ZEMEN wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 11:36So you happy? is what all about? Anyway how much did they withheld from giving to Eritrea? Do you know? point Abiy is following Eritrea and telling to jump in the lake. Isaias told them a long time to shove it to their behind. That is the only out. The reason what they are doing to Ethiopia, Ethiopia started refusing to bend for them. Bending is gone with the werada TPLF.sarcasm wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 09:24German-Ethiopian relations suffer over Tigray
Germany would like a good relationship with Ethiopia, but the Tigray crisis is straining ties. Berlin has relied on diplomacy to push for peace, yet some say that is not enough.
A call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel is bound to be about something important. When she called Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in early February this year, for example, she stressed how vital it was to find a peaceful resolution to the Tigray conflict, according to her spokesman, Steffen Seibert. The German leader also said civilians caught up in the fighting must receive humanitarian assistance.
Merkel's call was the biggest indication of Germany's concern about the crisis so far, though in late November, just weeks after fighting began, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas met with his counterpart in Berlin to discuss what was happening in Tigray. At the time, Maas called the suffering "shocking" and demanded that "crimes against the civilian population be investigated and those guilty of them held accountable."
Humanitarian catastrophe
None of these appeals has so far helped deescalate the conflict. On the contrary, the situation in the crisis region has deteriorated further. What began in November 2020 as a short military intervention against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has since developed into a protracted regional conflict.
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Ethiopia is at a crossroads. I want Ethiopia to peacefully resolve the Tigray War and allow all civilians caught up in the conflict to get humanitarian assistance to keep the "reform status". I don't think the Eritrean Way is the only way out. There are two choices: 1, the Eritrean way 2, the peaceful / negotiated way.
Everybody knows that the Eritrean way has led Eritrea to be one of the very poorest countries in the world. The population should have reached 10 million by now but it is still 3.6 million.
The Amhara elite would want Abiy to choose the Eritrean way which leads to what some call Megdela II. What do the other Ethiopians want Abiy to choose? What do the rest of Ethiopia gain by paying heavy economic and human costs for the next 30 years for Amhara region to annex Western Tigray? That is the question.