Zack wrote: ↑19 Sep 2024, 19:01
If Ethiopia had any control over Eritrea's fate, they would still desire it to remain a part of Ethiopia. However,
the Eritreans fought valiantly, earned their independence, and played their cards wisely to reclaim their country. No Ethiopian would have willingly accepted Eritrea's independence simply because Eritrea asked for it. It was not a matter of benevolence or concession. Eritrea twisted the arms of the TPLF, forcing them to sign the UN independence referendum, and sign they did. There was no alternative; willingly or unwillingly, they were compelled to accept Eritrea's independence.
Dr Zackovich of the Issa, you sound emotionally exercised, which is unusual for Djiboutian Somali to so emotionally invested into Eritrea's independence.. but I will give you the benefit of the doubt and take you as a fellow horner from Djibouti as you say. if you go back and see 10 plus years on this forum, I have consistently been pro eritrean independence. Never disputed they earned their independence and good for them for it. People like me analyse history a different way from most ethios. Ethiopia and eritrea are better off separate since from Ethiopia's point of view, Eritrea is not very productive country culturally, economically or socially. First culturally: they don't produce poets, singers, painters, I literally haven't heard or seen any memorable artwork produced by an Eritrean all my life, and I have been around a while, done a fair bit of travel. If you are really from Djibouti, do djiboutians play eritrean artists regularly on their radios, either at home or in the diapora, do legendary eritrean tunes get sampled or remade by somalis or sudanese, no is the answer. If it's a yes, Djibouti better up its game. Economically, well there's really not much to say except, upon independence Eritrea dreamt of Singapore and ended with Singapoop, sorry but the proof is the never ending flood of economic refugees loitering in Europe as clients of charity NGOs, and those selling their kidney in the sinai for a chance to be a one-kidneyed uber driver is Israel. And lastly, the most important, socially they were a drag during the emperor and derg days. You see, even though Eritrean is a relatively new identity, they are somehow very much attached to it. Even the amiches born and bred in addis never dissattached themselves fully from being Eritreans as opposed to first gen gurages, gojjames, kembatas... who brought their own culture into the pot, melted to become one of us. Eritreans though, similar to tigreans seemed to display singular loyality to Eritrea or tigreans to tigray.. which is a recipe for social problems. as far as I'm concerned, Ethiopia has enough troublemakers, so eritrean suceesion is a win win for both. Eritreans can develop their identity which they value highly and ethiopia can focus on the bigger and more troublesome entities .
Zack wrote: ↑19 Sep 2024, 19:01
Do you truly believe the galla would have fared any better than the Tigrayans or the Amhara in such a situation? Eritrea, after all, defeated Ethiopia in its entirety—Mengistu, his Cuban military advisers, and all the Russian backing behind them. Eritrea emerged stronger, and it is this fact that troubles you most deeply. Eritrea won the Diplomatic war twice in 1991 and in 2000 the algiers agreement ,Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC), which was established as part of the Algiers Agreement in 2000 to resolve the border dispute following the Eritrean-Ethiopian War (1998–2000).
And i dont have to tire you how they won the war on the battlefield aswell do i ?
Dr Zackovich
No you don't have to tire me. According to you, Issu nefsu gura bekisu not only decimated his country economically for 30 years, but also sacrificed his countrymen in the '98 war to "win on the battlefield" but somehow forgot to take the disputed lands... what in the singapoop type of military doctrine wins the battle then spends the next 20 years begging for the disputed lands back .. [FACEPALM]
Ethiopians only cherry pick Assab as their own when Assab was just a tiny region of Eritrea 
which was annexed illegally by these rats.
