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Meles didn't lose Assab, he simply gave it away. I do appreciate many things Meles contributed towards Ethiopia's economic revival but with regard to Assab he was simply a traitor!
Reports are now emerging indicating that even former US Ambassader Herman Cohen did try to suggest a way for Ethiopia to get an unimpeded access to Assab before Meles stopped him and said "we don't want Assab". Did Meles fight for Assab and lost the fight?
NO!
He buried a ticking bomb in the entity dubbed Eritrea and left us and we have to pay sacrifices to try now to detonate it before more damage could arise from it.