1️⃣Mr Cohen midwifed TPLF to power; TPLF+OLF established current system. He uncritically bought their narratives: pre 1991 Ethio was under Amhara hegemony that rulers were all Amharas, despite none identified themselves as such nor governed as such. https://twitter.com/GetanehK/status/1284348928926851072
2️⃣ He adopted OLF & TPLF’s hatred of Amhara as his own. Last year, upon the news of the killing of so-called Amhara Region officials that the Fed govt alleged was attempted coup, he had 👇🏽this to say. He was giving ammunition for a potential mass violence against Amhara people.
3️⃣After outcries and anger, @CohenOnAfrica apologized.

But he keeps failing upwards to offer “solutions” for Ethiopia’s problems—which he’s incubated.
4️⃣Unlike the late Paul Henze or former US Amb to Eth @AmbShinn whose knowledge about Ethiopia is very good and has nuances, H Cohen simply regurgitates TPLF narrative. https://twitter.com/getanehk/status/1283244196703371267?s=21 https://twitter.com/getanehk/status/1283244196703371267
5️⃣Had opportunity to run by him last Oct. I asked him whether he knew Mengistu HM was not Amhara? He didn’t know.

He then he only recently learned Haile Sellasie had Oromo linage.

Without irony, he told me “Meles Z taught me everything I know about the Amhara”. I kid you not.
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