BOTH GIZAW AND ELIAS ARE ANTI-WOYANE AND WHICH IS GOOD.

ACCUSING BOTH JOURNALISTS END UP WITH NOTHING.

WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEM BOTH TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK.

COMMENTS MAY BE GOOD, BUT CATEGORIZING WITH WOYANE IS WORST.

THEY ARE OUR BROTHERS AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM.

THANK YOU MR. ELIAS AND MR. GIZAW FOR OUTSTANDING JOB.

IF WE COMMENTS THEM, THEN ASK OURSELF WHAT I DID FOR MOTHERLAND – ETHIOPIA.

If you've got one finger pointing at someone else, you've got the rest of them pointing back at you. Do you agree with that statement?

The alimighty God will change the history of ethiopia very
soon I am keep praying because that is the only thing that I can do for the moment
Thank you

ETN must reconsider this person.

He is neither a journalist nor a good speaker. He couldn't even formulate his questions. Sad for a potentially big netwerk who has no good journalist.

I wish I had such a mediocre view of life in general and Ethiopia in particular.

I am even more happy that I do not have to get Elias' approval to declare myself "Ethiopian". Because I am not sure if I would meet his criteria as I do believe the Army in Somalia is Ethiopian and I do not share his opinion that Ethiopian army is defeated in Somalia.

Basically, the Ethiopian army went to Somalia for a surgical reason. Their job was completed in all of one week. It was heralded the world over as one of the most efficient military operations.

What the Ethiopian government did not anticipate is the fact that the world community did not step up to the plate and arrange for world peace keeping force to replace the Ethiopian forces. Honestly, the Ethiopian forces have been in Somalia for two years too long, substantially longer than it was anticipated.

The Ethiopian forces never intended to occupy Somalia. Ethiopia had legit reasons to interfere in Somalia. It was done at the request of the legal transitional government of Somalia, with UN and US blessing.

The Council of Islamic Courts, the forces that controlled Somalia in June of 2006, declared they will march to Ogaden, even before they controlled Mogadishu. A lot of apologists were heard at that time Ethiopia lacked just reasons to march to Mogadishu and suggested Ethiopia should have waited until invaded. Genius.

Ethiopia has now decided to hold the international community responsible and hand over the baby sitting job to others.

Elias hates Woyane. Ethiopia is ruled by Woyane, hence no good. Alas, we will always have rulers and leaders: Tewodros, Yohannes, Meinilk, Hailesilassie,Derg, Woyane. We shall always have one set of rulers at a time.

According to Elias' own admission, there is no political organization he does not oppose. He is so delusional he declares Ogaden worse than Darfur. He must be smoking something.

I do not know how I had the patience to finish the interview.

I lost it when he began lecturing about the phantom EPPF. I hope Elias suffers Solomon Tekalign syndrome and I hear to his interview on Radio Fana from Addis.

Yemata

Ato Gizaw with a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering & working in a high level managerial work is a well respected guy. And he is not paid at the ETN, he only works there to contribute his part for the democratic process in our community.
Ato Elias please teach your followers how distractive is the politics of personal destruction.

As to the interview he invited two different sides concerning the Ethiopian politics. He can question you any question on his program, do you guys live here in the developed world how peoples respect each other & still have very different stands on any issues.
Please let us grow & understand the concept of democracy, entertaining all different ideas.
That will help our country & the next generation in dealing with our problem.
May God bless you! I hope you will post my comment.

Regarding the factually incorrect comments about his political associations, I from first hand experience know that he is very dedicated weyanne opposition leader. He has contributed more time, personal money, and insight to thwarting the weyanne than the oblivious commentators.

Addressing the accusations that he is on the weyanne payroll, I know as a fact that he is not. He is a high ranking engineer in the US Government.

Finally addressing the nasty, petty comments made about him, his clothes, etc… Despite the fact that you may differ from his political views, making comments such as those are completely uncalled for, and not productive in any way.
"Ato Gizaw and his supporter from above – wink wink – proably ato gizaw posting under different names,and some paid cadres from the emabassy. HAVE YOU NAME SHAME. Are you not watching the same interview posted here. You are bunch of unprofessional slobs."

Mamo, please keep integrity and respectablilty in Ethiopian politics, and retake the 3rd grade spelling class you so obviously missed.

Ato Gizaw, instead being stuburn and insisting 'moderator was fair', a typical owyane trait. You should come clean and APPLOGZIE for ethiopian people for pretneding to cary the interview in fair and balanced manner. Stop appologizing for woyane!

Here is a chance for you to cleance yourself. Bellow are points 100% of hager wedade will agree with. State which once you agree with? This will determine where you stand – this is since you claim you are not woyane. Let us see.

1 WOyane zeregna mengist new. He favor one tribe – can you naame that tribe?

2 Melease Zenawi is working against EThiopian Interetst. He is never heard saying he is proud to be Ethiopian. Never seen saluting the flag. Let him say he is ethiopian before he is tigrean or dedebitan.

3 Melease and all woyane are working to destroy Ethiopia and Ethiopianess.

4 Sheik Alamudi is balege, corupt leba and is there to rape our sisters and borhters, not to create jobs in ethiopia.

5 Teddy must be free and that he was framed. The trial was a sham.

If you are unable to agree with the above statments, that are belived by all agere wodade Ethiopians, it means you are WOyane.

Ato Gizaw awiting your comment on the above. Or (wink wink) someone who argue on Ato Gizaw's behalf can comment.

Ethiopia will rise again.

i know you love ethiopia. i only say one thing for you, be a bit of open minded, you made so many sensible arguments, you also made so many blunders, like comparing american with ethiopian politics, supporting anti-ethiopians like olf, onlp… for me, we need all the opposition, inside and outside, peaceful and armed… Therefore, give them a break and a judge.

for your supporters, especially in the diaspora was Stephen Sucker Woyane when he interviewed Hailu Shawel, was he Kinjit when he interviewed Meles. I thought you know better. anyone not agreeing with you is Woyane, right?

Elias, i think you are smart and zealous, but please give a chance to those who chose the peaceful struggle. Let them be around and make thier little contribution in exposing Woyanes devilish acts.

Woyane controls all the neighbouring countries and can you really trust Shabia who knows that the opposition is its worst enemy than woyane? The warefare is tough call but i don't oppose it so long as it weakens woyane.

In fact, the armed struggle may force woyane to concede and compromise including with those that opted peaceful struggle.

Please let's be more reasonable than mere emotional.

you judge leader by a motive – and hence unless justified otherwise, i don't question the motive of Prof. Mesfin, Judge Birtukan, Dr. Yakob, Dr. Berhanu,…. Let's debate on their strategy.

Libona yisten, keweyane yigelaglen, Amen!

Let's fight from all angles.

Let me tell you!!, no Ethiopian gives (never gave in history), not a dust of it's soil to its historical enemies.

An Ethiopian never disdains the flag of 30000 years history!!.

An Ethiopian never invades an other country so to create evrlasting enomy all around it's teritories.

An Ethiopian never, laughs on 10millions starving people!!.

An Ethiopian never has been such shameless lier,

An Ethiopian never been such chigaram kurat yelesh!!.

And remember, the Ethiopian people never supported any war!!, those who are fighting for the sake of interests of others are not Ethiopians, like those Hamasiens and Zenawes', they are just bandas!!.

Oh!!, you people who are insulting the Ethiopian's intelegence, weyollachihu!!, when the almighty God turns his face to the promise land!!.

Elias, I admire you!!

May God bless Ethiopia!!.

Let me just say, Mr Gizaw is no WOYANE!!!

As for Mr Mamo's comment( comment # 33) I am not sure if you are aware of Mr Gizaw's credentials. Just for the record, Mr Gizaw holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a high level senior manager and enjoys a very successful professional life.Mr Mamo, with all due respect, instead of directing your comments on the issue discussed,you want to play the politics of personal destruction.I don't know if you are familier with it but,there is a saying…' TO BELITTLE IS TO BE LITTLE' your intention to confuse the readers by distorting and claiming to know Mr Gizaw will not go unanswered by those people who know him really well.

I watched the interview and my assessment of Mr Gizaw's questioning style is very refreshing and entertaining.I thought he was engaging,persistent and very effective in follow up questions.He comes to the interview prepared and he is not shameful to ask tough questions.