An Ethiopian and Susan Rice Semiannual Ritual at the UN Security Council
Bereket Tecle
July 10, 2012
Once again; this July the chairman of the so-called U.N. Somalia
Eritrea Monitoring group (Matt Bryden), US Ambassador to the UN
(Susan Rice) and PM of the genocidal minority regime in Ethiopia
(Meles Zenawi) have begun what they have been doing for a while; a
joint semiannual ritual at the UNSC.
The goal is to undermine, ridicule and despoil every Eritrean
institution, its people and its leadership. It has been obvious when
it comes to Eritrea and the Eritrean people, no road is too low or no
lie is too bold for the TPLF-run regime in Ethiopia. There is no
doubt that the aid-dependent minority regime of Ethiopia could not
and does not have the diplomatic and financial capacity to pull this
evil and destructive effort at the UNSC. That is where Ambassador
Susan Rice and the SEMG Matt Bryden join the ritual.
Here is how the ritual goes: PM Meles fabricates lies, Monitoring
Group Chairman Matt Bryden cuts and pastes it onto an official UN
letter head, and US Ambassador Susan Rice adds the necessary
packaging to convert an Ethiopian intelligence fabrication into an
accusation worthy of sanctioning an innocent nation.
It is mindboggling and disturbing to see the credibility and moral
ground of the United States being tarnished for the personal vendetta
by nobody but the Ambassador who was put to protect the US national
interest and agenda over any personal grudge. Yes, it is sad to see
how low US Foreign policy has dropped to. Instead of looking for a
sensible, fair and comprehensive solution to the growing crisis in
the HORN of AFRICA, Ambassador Susan Rice has chosen to defend a
regime that had committed genocides against its own people in the
Gambela, Ogaden and Oromia regions of Ethiopia. A regime that had
massacred innocent university students in an open day light on the
streets of Addis Ababa and a regime that believes Peace in the Horn
of Africa be it in Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan or even in its own country
as a threat for its survival is being taken as a poster regime of
cooperation. It is sad, heartbreaking.
For any fair minded official in the diplomatic arena, the genocidal
regime in Addis Ababa is the most un-defendable regime one can ever
think of. But and unfortunately Ambassador Susan Rice
enthusiastically and even some times sarcastically is continuing to
defend and give it diplomatic cover. It is mindboggling and
unbelievable.
Any Peace loving and fair minded person who cares about the long-term
interests of USA should do whatever it takes and advise Ambassador
Susan Rice to abandon her personal vendetta against the Eritrean
people and take the high road to think of US interests. And long term
US interest is not best served by propping up a regime that has no
credibility with its own people.
It is time that Susan Rice humbly understands that the position she
is occupying at the UN is that of the American People not her own
Fiefdom. She needs to work to prevent another bloodbath in the Horn
of Africa before it is too late and not put the first African-
American President's genuine promise for change in jeopardy. Instead
of going after Eritrea on trumped up charges, she should work for the
implementation of the final and binding ruling of Eritrea Ethiopia
Boundary Commission. Let the genocide in Rwanda that happened under
her watch be a lesson for her! Ill-conceived, narrow-minded and
misguided policies that gives her a short-term gratification, but
ultimately go against the best interest of the American public, and
perpetuate injustice and create cycles of conflict and war should not
be allowed to tarnish the good name of the peace loving people of the
USA.
Over the years, internal Ethiopian political dynamics has
historically used Eritrea as a scapegoat and a rallying issue to
create domestic coherence. The USA has repeatedly allowed itself to
be used in this game of victimizing Eritrea in an attempt to keep a
tattered empire, Ethiopia, together. The U.S. must learn from past
mistakes and misguided policies that seem to benefit neither the US
nor the region. Not only does the U.S. have an obligation and
responsibility to do so, it is also in its own long term interest to
bring a peaceful closure to the murderous conflict in the Horn and
work to usher PEACE in THE HORN Of AFRICA.
Received on Tue Jul 10 2012 - 21:36:00 EDT
