GERD Dam
Before the construction of the GERD dam, the late midget Meles Zenawi approached the former Sudanese Prime minister Sadiq al Mahdi for discussion about the nile as you can see in the video below. Sadiq al mahdli delivered the message to the former Egyptian president Husni Mubarak and the Mubarak replied, who ever touched the nile river, we are going to cut his hands. Talk about patronizing and paternalistic attitude of the Egyptians here!!!
Today, There is a reality on the ground, the dam is already constructed and Egyptians can't fight a lost battle but they want to screw Ethiopians with milder means instead. They want to force Ethiopia to sign a binding agreement of basically a surrender paper to relinquish its right to the dam. They are demanding a fixed quota of water on which Ethiopia should release 40bcm annually regardless of weather condition and the filling of the dam should also be up to 15 years. Here; the sleazy Egyptians has no intention to alleviate possible drought by using some of the water of lake Nasser but they want to put the burden on Ethiopia and the GERD dam. Which basically means, during dry season, there is a possibility that Ethiopia can go dark while Egypt is illuminated with the God given resources of Ethiopia. Furthermore, the duration of filling of the dam Egypt is demanding is not sustainable, it only means Ethiopia will lose money and the small investors like weizero belaynesh who bought bonds will not get their return in time, if they ever will.
If Ethiopia sign a binding agreement which restricts its right to use its God given resources to the advantage of its people, it will sign the same agreement that Sudan signed with Egypt which guarantees Egypts exclusive right to the the lion share of the water which means its surrendering its sovereign right.
Here is one famous Egyptian Teret Teret on which the YouTuber is advising the Government of Egypt to bomb every highway, every bridge and every other infrastructures in Ethiopia.
Solution
Ethiopias achilles heel is, it is a mosaic of countries within the country and Egyptians are aware of this soft spot. Ethiopia doesn't have too much leverage like Egypt to attract the attention of European and America to defend its right. Even the Russians are not Trustworthy in this regard because they are trying to regain their lost soviet influence in the Arab World and Egypt as the father figure of the Arab World weight heavier than Ethiopia. What Ethiopia can do is to practice my enemy;s enemy is my friend. it should flirt with Turkey to send a message to Egypt that it has other avenues to offset the coming Egyptian threat. Dr Abiye also should divert the current discussion by promising to make huge water irrigation project close to Lake Tana which is the major tributary of the Nile Basin Watershed.
His eminence Deqi-Arawit

