I don't understand when some so
called patriotic Ethiopians ask me to think twice before keeping constructing
the dam in the face of continuing threat to attack or sabotage it.
Some of them even reckon that
Ethiopia shouldn't lose a single life to keep the construction happening. I
tell thou you never know the nation and the blood you are. while we respect our
neighbors and any country related to us in anyway, we didn't, haven't and won't
fail to defend our sovereignty.
Ethiopia will never ask Egypt for
permission to build a dam. We will keep building more dams on Abay river
without prior consent from Egypt while we maintain our position not to hurt
them by exploiting the water resource beyond what we deserve.
Let Egyptian know that Ethiopia has
also a growing population to feed like they claim to have one. Let them know
Ethiopia has interest to defend and use. Tell those Ethiopians who fail to
understand the strength of our patriotism that never fails even in the face of any
power.
We don't bother about the number of
weapons Egyptians collect; we rather bother about few Ethiopians who like us to
tremble in the face of the contempt Egyptian naive and greedy politicians
cause.
Ethiopia has every right to use the
Nile waters as much as it deserves with or without the recognition of Egyptian
politicians. We, the Ethiopians today, never fail to keep our national interest
at any cost if Egypt fails to take the olive branch we stretch for so long now
despite the sabotage they unsuccessfully try to materialize.
A report says
"It is Egypt's right to defend
its interests, and other people have a right to follow their own interests. But
there must be assurances the Ethiopian dam will not affect Egypt, otherwise all
options are open," Ayman Ali, an adviser to Egyptian President Mohammad
Morsi, warned on Wednesday according to Egypt's media.
I think these people don’t
understand that the same options are on the table here if they don’t learn to
cooperate on the issues of Nile River and continue to harm our national
interest. Though it is not time to think of war in anyway, I think for our
military to be alert in every possible way is the right thing to do to try and
take pre-emptive measures in case they go made to attack Ethiopia militarily.
Egyptian politics is at a failed state
to lead an issue of such a magnitude given its state. Every political party may
tend to exploit the case to buy support of the Egyptian people. Yet we hope the
educated and the military can discern what is going on and help the public see
the matter in perspective.
I don’t like the shape the recent political
rhetoric on the river Nile takes in Cairo. It is a warning sign both for the
Egyptian people and Ethiopian government to follow the developments closely and
do what it takes to carve cooperation though some pan it to turn it into all
out war. We don’t forget what the little Eritrea did by catching us while we
were nude below our waist. The same thing should not happen here and now.
We must get prepared for what could possibly
go worse in this regard. Nothing should be left for chance at a situation where
things anytime swirl beyond proportion at such a speed. Like the late Meles
Zenawi told Al Jazeera: there were none who lived to tell the story after going
to battle against Ethiopia let alone defeating us in our turf in the just cause
we are up to.
There are enough signals that show
Egypt could have the maddest politicians who may venture for war despite our insistence
to deal with the issue through dialogue and negotiation. We don’t apparently
know so far how Egypt’s military analyze the developments. Yet their reported recent
visits to Mogadishu, Somalia say volumes how the military is also behaving.
Anyhow I hope Ethiopia stands united
to defend its cause and Ethiopian government remains vigilant to take every
sane option to convince Egyptian politicians to go for negotiations while it
makes competent preparation in case of any military action.
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