Comments on: Western Diplomatic Omerta in Ethiopia

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:09:01 +0000

‘Are we going to risk our entire aid budget for one person? No.’ . Interesting but honest comment by unanimous diplomat. Aid is a big business for those who raise the fund and distribute it, they profit more than those who receive it. “One person?” that person represent the wishes and aspirations of many millions including those who are unfortunate to be aid recipients. Gandy, Nkrumah, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela were all “One Person”, just like Brtukan went to prisons because those with power had no better idea but send them to prison, thinking they will stop their idea of freedom and justice will not spread. Those with better ideas eventually became victorious and history remembers them forever. From what I can understand from his comment Birtukan is a threat to the ‘ Aid diplomat’ and prefer her to stay in jail, so that Ethiopians be beggars forever.

By: Azene Libe-Hulun Tazibe

Azene Libe-Hulun Tazibe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:08:46 +0000

No. 1 has said it all. Western diplomats are afraid to be recalled by their respective governments for commenting on human rights, etc. so they would not lose their posh lifestyle in Ethiopia.

Secondly, diplomats need to get the go ahead from their home govts before they can say anything about the host country.
In any case, they just replicate their govts foreign policies.
In short, we are in a fake and unjust world!

By: Ethiopian

Ethiopian — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:01:36 +0000

Professor Alemyahehu,
You are one of the people I admire so much and I always give time to read your articles, Thank you for being “genetic Ethiopian” unlike the “placenta” leading our nation and our people into total environmental destruction, moral annihilation, displacement of citizens for the good of the well off and making our sacred land into the play ground of western diplomats who dream to be sent to Ethiopia for carnal pleasures rather than sincere diplomatic missions.
I always I remember what a friend who works in the UN told me what he encountered in Dubai International Airport, he saw a police officer who was disrespecting one of our sisters in the Airport and my friend stepped up and told the police to address the lady with respect but sadly enough, the police said “shut up, you telling me to respect her in my country, we f… your women with a couple of dollars in your own country”. This story was engraved in my heart and soul from the minute I heard it. Our government made our sisters cheap commodities and look what happened in Lebanon, almost all the Ethiopians except from the crews were servants of the people who once feared and respected us when we had the best leaders in our long gone history. And the state-owned Ethiopian airlines reap the profits if making flights to middle eastern countries almost daily transporting our sisters to an earthly hell and bringing back those who got tired of living in despair. But the rich Arabs (with all due respect to those who believe in human rights and lead quality life)buy and abuse our sisters in our own land in brothels, young boys exposed for homosexual Britons in publicly owned spots in Piassa(this explains the “anonymity stance” in the British Embassy), HIV infected diplomats who pay extra dollar for a sex without condom.
This is our Ethiopia now. If we take a look at the super elite in Addis, specially in the circles of Al Amoudi, its known by almost everybody in the city that the owner of London Cafe’ who is a carrier of HIV pays lots of money(in poor Ethiopian living standard) to sleep with our young sisters without protection. All this by Al Amoudi’s money and if our own citizen (owner of London Cafe) can be as cruel as he proves to be, it doesn’t take to be a rocket scientist to see what the foreigners do to us under a government that hates its own people and land with passion. A remember one time what a friend told me what happened in London within the entourage of Al Amoudi in an upscale London hotel. This very person managed to slip two Ethiopian ladies he met in London for a drink in his suite, after few minutes, the two ladies fought their way out of the room half naked and he was chasing them to get them back and he was really naked, the door was shut behind him with his key-card inside, all caught up by the security camera, the management had to come to let him in his room and Al Amoudi was later informed about the incident and that the hotel has overlooked the incident since Al Amoudi is an esteemed guest of the Hotel but strictly told to get his friends straight, sadly enough, those two ladies were not European prostitutes as you might have guessed but our won sisters lured by the moment than can be shared with fellow Ethiopians but it turned out to be a different story. So what I am trying to say is Professor Alemayehu, the western diplomats have a first hand information on how we are cheapened out by our own people and ofcourse they are the first hand people to experience the sexual liaison with our world renowned beautiful sisters. Birtukan Midekas happens to be one of those sisters in their eyes.
Meles and Co are undeniably our own blood whose ancestors have bled to protect our beloved motherland, what I can only say is may the bones of their ancestors face their souls.
May God redeem us from the national ordeal our people are suffering.
God Bless.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:48:52 +0000

It has always been very clear that the Western democracies have a double standard policy when it comes to Ethiopia and Africa. We are the ones that always need to be reminded of this reality.
Our saviour is whitin ourselves, no amount of talk will solve our conditions.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:22:23 +0000

“The fact of her [Birtukan’s] notorious imprisonment is well known to the world. Many Western governments have publicly condemned her imprisonment and called for her immediate release.”
Now, let me get this straight. So we have a bunch of public servants who tacitly and even openly disobey their governments’ foreign policy direction. Western governments, including ours, apparently as evidenced by the Feingold/Booth exchange, are directing their diplomats to aggressively demand for Birtukan’s release but the no good lazy diplomats are not doing their jobs.
Ahyawn ferto dawlawn alu….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:26 +0000

Face it my Ethiopian brothers and sisters. Come on now. You know the truth. The only way out is to vagarious help all Ethiopian freedom fighters. No western countries/diplomats will give you freedom, the freedom that the majority of Ethiopians looking for. Western countries maybe, yes maybe they will be able to negotiate power sharing for you like in Kenya but nothing more. So suck up or stop weeping do the fight.

By: Mengistu

Mengistu — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:14:50 +0000

You are well versed and well education person of integrity Alemayehu. We should not expect any thing from westerners; let’s take our fate and fight for freedom in our own hands. Those western diplomats know every thing from the abuses in prisons of Ethiopia to the genocide in Ogaden but they don’t care about us. All they care is about their own agenda and benefit at the expense of the poor people of Africa.

By: WoyanesMustGoNow

WoyanesMustGoNow — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:01:35 +0000

Another excellent piece by Professor Alemayehu.

We in the diaspora have to end our fear and call a spade a spade.

The western countries are at war with Ethiopia, because Meles is at war with Ethiopia and they are the ones who give him the amunitions,the weapons,the training and even the targets.

The western countries are fully aware of the crimes being committed by Meles and co., they are fully aware that the regime is bad for the country, etc. Still they are keeping supplying him with the resources so that he can commit all those crimes.

The western countries are at war with us. They are our enemies. And for us this is a matter of life and death.

How will we protect us, not only from Meles but also from the western countries who make the crimes possible ?

By: Alem

Alem — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:10:53 +0000

Well, an Italian consular officer once told me that Ethiopia is a diplomat’s paradise. It is a big hub of diplomatic society where they can have all the modern life, beautiful climate, good security, permanent residences, and perfect networking place looking for lucrative jobs in AID organizations afterwards. Moreover, countless beautiful and willing women to forrnicate with. The ECA is full of ex-embassy staff from everywhere. They don’t want to be kicked out and lose their chance of landing a dream job in AID organisations and the UN.