Comments on: U.N. looks at disbanding Eritrea/Ethiopia peacekeeping force

By: bert

bert — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:50:45 +0000

The ill advised and irresponsible UNSC are at it again, I suppose. The sad thing is that the members being the most powerful boys in the club, there ain’t much one can do to get rid of them and really revitalize the inept UN?
But, there is one thing we, the residents of the area, can and should do. We shouldn’t give these bad boys any opportunity or excuse to “care for us” for we should know by now they don’t give a rat’s ass on what happens to our people. they are vying the area for their strategic interest only. heck, do you folks really believe that Djibouti had any interest with fighting any of its neighbors/ No, of course not. It is all hatched in foreign capitals.

By: Good but.....

Good but..... — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:35:44 +0000

“The 1,700-strong force could be replaced by a small military observer mission on the Ethiopian side of the border”
Both countries have thousands of armies at their border and being watched by 1700 UN forces from Ethiopia side. How strange is that. I have no idea the difference that will make if they place 100 or 2000 UN forces. They are spectators, nothing more. They could have moved them long time a go as Eritrea is not interested in Bademe right now. The Eritrea gov made it clear. Eritrea want TPLF gone. The further discussion is not about the border it is about opposition groups stationed at Asmara. The TPLF midget said it himself, it is about OLF, TPDM, Somalia”The Alliance”, and may be Ginbot 7. So there will not be a difference at all. Last week the international Crisis group exagrated the situation by saying they are “a ball pich apart”. Eritrea is playing smart and Ethiopia is stuck in Badme. They need the UN peace keeping force in Somalia if they find armies willing to go to there. The UN who cant in force a finished deal, border dispute of ours , cant bring change in Somalia and can’t be counted on to protect and serve the people of the world. it is fake organization like Birtukan or lame like Hailu Shawel.

By: Bekele

Bekele — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:26:55 +0000

The issue is over, I am not sure what these people are saying. The border has already been demarcated and the commission has completed it’s mandate. Case closed, what’s needed is to have TPLF forces out of someone’s sovereign territories.

By: abeden

abeden — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:05:49 +0000

Here is something that is hard to believe. As powerful as the UNSC is, it is difficult for it to admit its utter failure. It failed miserably on the Eritrea Ethiopia issue because it succumbed to one of its members whim and betrayed the principle it supposedly stands for. Of course in the process, both the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia continue to suffer. But, who cares when the Weyane leaders are dining and wining with them at the very time when the people of the area are begging for peace and food! Shame on you UNSC and go to hell for there is nothing important to us more than the plight of our people!