Deqi-Arawit wrote: ↑02 Nov 2020, 14:49
From his eminence, I think I should call mysel myth-buster or teret-teret-buster.
Genius Deqi!
Suffice is to say, our real "myth buster", which we already know how to do, if Egypt ever touches GERD, is militarily, officially installing and announcing of booby trapping every little tributary of the Blue Nile River to the world!
Then, they'll have to occupy us to get a drop of water! That will be the day!
No need to spend money on sophisticated gadgets? IMO, Woyane/Abey knew what to do all along!
Then History shall repeat itself!
Yohannes was embroiled in military struggles on his northern frontiers. First was from Khedive Isma'il Pasha of Egypt, who sought to bring the entire Nile River basin under his rule. The Egyptians flirted with encouraging Menelik of Shewa against the Emperor, but earned Menelik's enmity by marching from the port of Zeila and occupying the city-state of Harar on 11 October 1875. Both Menelik and Yohannes had regarded Harrar as a renegade province of Ethiopia, and Egyptian seizure of the Emirate was not welcome to either of them.
The Egyptians then marched into northern Ethiopia from their coastal possessions around the port of Massawa. Yohannis gathered up his armies and marched to meet the Egyptian force.
The two armies met at Gunda-gudee, on the morning of 16 November 1875. The Egyptians were tricked into marching into a narrow and steep valley and were wiped out by Ethiopian gunners surrounding the valley from the surrounding mountains. Virtually the entire Egyptian force, along with its many officers of European and North American background, were killed. News of this huge defeat was suppressed in Egypt for fear that it would undermine the government of the Khedive. A new Egyptian force was assembled and sent to avenge the defeat. The Egyptians were defeated again at the Battle of Gura (7 -- 9 March 1876), where the Ethiopians were led again by the Emperor, and his loyal general, the capable (and future Ras) Alula Engida.