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#Ethiopian Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli has conducted a thorough & completely objective assessment of his premiership and the state of war #Ethiopia is in and has concluded his only deficiency (if any exist) is that he was too patient.
Was there a different way?
#Thread
Was there a different way?
#Thread
(2) The narration is not motivated by desire to make an assessment of the series of actions and inactions that resulted in #Ethiopian Civill War, euphemistically known as Operation Law & Order.
It's an image rehabilitation campaign for a Man of Peace, mired in multiple wars.
It's an image rehabilitation campaign for a Man of Peace, mired in multiple wars.
(3) #African strongmen monopolize the media & surround themselves by "Yes Men" (apologies! Gender equity! so there are just as many "Yes Women"): they are only capable of lecturing, not listening to other voices.
In the season of giving, here are two who saw the disaster coming
In the season of giving, here are two who saw the disaster coming
(4) Both politicians have been jailed. Both politicians just had their political parties declared ineligible to participate in the May 2021 #Ethiopia|n elections-- elections which will NOT include #Tigray Region State because Operation Law & Order will still be ongoing then.
(5) Here is #Ethiopia|ns opposition politician Yilkal Getnet warning all the hand-holding with tyrant Isaias Afwerki declaring "Game Over" will only aggrieve #TPLF and that the country should focus more on cleaning its house:
Ignored.
Ignored.
(6) Here's #Ethiopia|n opposition politician, Lidetu Ayalew (political party declared illegal, released from prison and ordered to not discuss politics lest he either lose all his properties or go back to prison) warning about the polarization of #EPRDF parties:
(7) Lidetu Ayalew, who was in opposition to #TPLF when @AbiyAhmedAli was their trust colleague, is on the Isaias Afwerki list of #Ethiopia|n politicians who should be arrested, an order Abiy has faithfully executed. His words are still relevant:
(8) And here is a more recent Yilkal Getnet, as an inconvenient reminder to @AbiyAhmedAli that his narration is self-serving and the path he had taken could only have led to the civil war #Ethiopia is going through:
(9) I believe @PMEthiopia came to #Ethiopia as a genuine peace-maker and a break from the country's miserable history of violent change. Either of naiveté or extreme ambition, he took the advice of the one man, Isaias Afwerki, whose favorite eco-system is death and destruction.
