Comments on: McCain appoints Woyanne lobbyist as top campaign official

By: Eritrawi

Eritrawi — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:52:21 +0000

US foreign policy is consistent, the methods might change but the core objectives of the policy stay the same no matter who the president is. This has been proven again and again since the end of WWII. The US is an imperial power who has permanent interests, not permanent friends or enemies, friends or enemies are selected by how they serve the core interests of American imperial power. Just see how consistent the policy towards Iraq was since Bush one, then Clinton continued it by starving the Iraqi people through blockade, bombings and inserting paid Arab opponents (like Zarkawi in northern Iraq), then Bush two, finished the job. My Ethiopian brothers make your own reality, don’t wait for Obama to deliver you from dictatorship, you and you can do it with your people following your own policies, then any US administration will have no choice but to deal with you in a respectful way.
Now as everyone can see Woyanne policies are determined, funded and executed by the US state department, that is how specific they will get to make sure their interests are served, no single president in the US can change that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:37:41 +0000

ELIAS uR nothing.u live in america for long time but ur brain is like rat

By: Adam in California

Adam in California — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:55:13 +0000

The comment that it doesn’t matter who wins the November election should be understood like this:

It doesn’t matter who rules Ethiopia. They are all Ethiopians, with the same authoritarian approach. Emperor. Derg. TPLF. They are all Ethiopians and that are basically the same. They all use force. They all prevent free elections. They all put journalists in jail or chase them out of the country. Ethiopians are so divided that they can’t have good government because that requires that leaders have to be trusted. No Ethiopian I know will ever trust most leaders. Who do you trust?

Meles knows this. It was easy to fragment the opposition when he saw that he was losing control. Now he has no opposition.

America has problems. Everybody knows that. I wish Ethiopia has the same problems!

By: Robele Ababya

Robele Ababya — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:10:15 +0000

Bert said it all for me. However any help that we can get to evict the tyrant from power is welcome,but we won’t get it from Mccain.

By: starface

starface — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:11:29 +0000

Dictators will probably continue to buy influence around washington. However, the fact that this campaign exposed the degree of their contribution to the suffering of people who live under dictatorships is an important issue in terms of energizing our resolve to free our people, and also gives a better picture to the western society how their leaders are enabling the suffering of the poor in third world. Unfortunately, the western tax payers will not be told the whole story. Hopefully someone will see the connection.

By: Goshu

Goshu — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:03:40 +0000

Bert,

I do share somewhat yout notion, with slight difference. At this time and administration, children and women are being butchered under the guise of eradicating terror throughout East Africa. The blind and ignorant cawboy have protected the Woyanne human right abuser, where almost all medias were effectively blacked out. I truely believe under democratic administration there is very good chance at minimum, we may get detailed coverages how Ethiopian warlord destroyed millions under the watchful eyes of cawboy from Texas. We may have documentary on most of butchered children, women, elders,scholars, have forced this doggy dog world rethink our state of dying in a dark.

Change is good also, unless some sort of change, we can’t move an inch forewards. Ethiopians are dying by staggering numbers, the policey this administration persued is accomplice in eradicating, massive number of poor Ethiopians who have not seen a drop of grain west supposedy have been damping at THUGERE juntas mercy.

Elias, Obama may not do a lot but he has better handle and ways to bring to forefront the gross neglects, massive human right abuses, desregard for prisons full children being torched by the invading army of TPLF.

Vote for Obama, he is smart, well educated, capable of understanding Africa’s complex issues than c- texan.

By: bert

bert — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:47:14 +0000

Elias,
I have a different take on the US presidential elections. I almost have a nonchalant attitude to whether McCain wins or any of the Democratic contenders. I really do not believe it would make an iota of difference who wins the election vis-à-vis, say, the Horn of Africa. Unfortunately, I think we will see the same nonsense policy the cowboy from Texas has been following. It is in the system, I am afraid.
We know McCain is amirror image of Bush; Hillary will just rep[eat what her husbad did and Obama has to satisfy to the military-industrial complex if he is going to stay in power or even alive. It is a dogy-dog world out there and the neo-cons will do anything (I mean anything including murder) to achieve what they want to achieve.