If there is peace, there is nothing impossible. I am a peace loving Bahai and deplore the use of force. We Ethiopians should realize that with peace with Eritrea, we can arrange internationally guaranteed agreement with Eritrean. It only takes the work of few people instead of the whole army. Even if we take say assab, will we be able to use it safely? Will the Eritreans watch and do nothing. Wakeup guys and be realistic. We don't need another 30 year war. Our immediate problem is famine, AIDS, unemployment and etc. We don't need a sea to address them. We only need peace.
Had Ethiopia been so furtunate to have many people like who loves peace and development through mutual respect and understanding, we would have had a different history in East Africa. The problem with Eritrea is not given access to sea port , but it is the matter of respecting its sovereignty. There are many who think migh works better, and think that once Assab falls to Ethiopia, the rest eritrean people will sit and watch. That could have been done long time ago, before some 30 years. But such was not, and is not and will not be in the future. But wise people like you from both sides may appeare and may help those who are hallocinating about this 'natural access to the sea'. For that matter, I would also try to remind them about Djibouti. That could also be 'natural outlet' too. But big brother is watching Djibouti. Any ways, I agree with your point of view. I strongly believe most Eritreans are Eritreans at heart, but don't have any problem sharing or doing business with Ethiopia. We don't dwell on ledgend.
It`s so refreshing and hope giving to read from rational and visionary ppl from both sides who also exist in this forum.
If you start thinking rationaly and but emotions aside anyone should come to the conclusion that both countries are the most riduculious nations existing right now on our beautiful planet. The meager resources and inteligence some have is being wasted on the "crush the other side crusade".
People, have some of you realized that we live in the 21th Century. The advanced nations are talking monthly trips to the mars to figure out how to settle it after they are done with the moon.
We on the other hand have families living on the leftovers from the wealthy nations sit comfortably in a cosy chair somewhere in the west and don`t even have a bad concious agitating for the next call to destroy each other.
People, have you thought how a third person be it a fellow African or Westener or Chinese shake his head disgusted seeing all this hate being spread day in day out?
They might think those people deserve being living on the mercy of the leftovers from us wealthy countries.
Pls, is it so difficult to argue rationaly and logicaly.
These nations the "mighty and beautiful Ethiopia" and the "brave and industrious Eritrea" we both love so dearly have so much in common and could benefit so much from each other if there is a genuine will - and I am very positive that the simple farmer in both countries wishes nothing more than to live in peace and harmony and bring in his next harvest.
But unfortunatly we seem not to be blessed with visionary leaders nor with visionary citizens.
Oh, dear what a mess are we leaving our future kids behind. Have you ever thougt of that - your own kids?
Take responsibilty for the words you bring forward and always try to view your post from the other persons side. Respect each others country refrain from calling names and try to give a constructive message and be a thinker.
Thank you very much,
Lucas a son of the such much troubled Horn of Africa
Mr peace lover ... why did you leave the Eritreans out of your equation? Why Ethiopians need to realise the need for peace with Eritrea if there is such a country anyway?
Mr I don't on which side of the camp you are but wake up. I am an Ethiopian and I wish peace for the people of Ethiopia. The Eritreans are mature enough to think for themselves.
I don't know whether you are capable of parallel processing but Mr there are thinks that can be done in parallel. Don't use Famine, AIDS to manipulate your own ideas. DOES ETHIOPIA really need to be in peace with Eritrea to fight these?
The defence forces can handle the Eritrean issue ... and others can work on the other issues ...
I wonder why thosee foolish Anseba hamssien think Assab belongs to hamassien. Refer History Dankallia which was called Bur belongs to Tigray, even TSEAZEGA WAS TIGRAYAN.It is only because the modern bihere Tigrigna (funny!!!!!!) in Bahr Negash sorry "Eritrea" like to be called Eritreans together with Baria and Kunama , proud of their italian colonizers. Mind you alone they are called Tigrigna. "Alsheshum Zor Alu" say the wise Amharans. Listen Hamssien "'Ruffiani" Assab is nearer to Mekelle and Dessie. Especially we Endertans we have blood with the Afars who are the real owners of Asseb. So wether u like lit or not , it will be ours when another wise man from Akelle Guzay like -Asfaha Woldemichael is reborn.
you still sleeping, we are in the 21st century. guys like you in zebene tedrso. let me ask you, how about the afars of Djibouti, and somalia. Are you dreaming of that too.
The present day capital city of Afars is Semera. Tomorow it is denfinetely going to be Assab. Assab the caplital cisty of the Afar Regional state in the real federal democratic Ethiopia, after getting rid with "Korakur hammassien" from our beloved Ethiopisa.
Tsibah Asseb Woridna kab Semera
Wodi Ethiopia Hassabu Entesemira. is already being sung in Addis Abeba.Viva Ethiopia. Down with korakur Hamassien.
why is that the most Eritrean haters are the tigrayans who raise in Eritrea specially those who grew up in asmara?ppl like wedi glawdewos and gual mekele?forget Asab you might come as a tourist for one week
in your retire days just for your therapie nothing more and nothing less
you will be welcomed as a southneiboughr in the phonix nation but only if you will be cured from your inferiority feeling.
Tegelbituni. My dear I am not born or raised in your Asmara. I am proud of my uncolonized hometown Mekelle. the only Italian concrete cement building you see is the cemetry of your Masters near the present Mekelle University. Inda Yesus. The Asmara raised Tigrayans like your present leaders Issayas , his adviser what was his name and Hagos Kisha do not like Ethiopia ofcourse. and don't call me Asha. Because Asha is to Anseba and u know it. Baal Tsada Maada.
History repeats itself. Endertas have been always puppets of Menilik and his Junks. Meles has got lions and lionese of Adwa. Never, never relied on Enderta and Meniliks Junk.
You are also lier to relate Meles to Musoloni. Meles is perfectly made product of Adwa and the Adwans. He he is elite of the elites, Just, honest Bee.
We are seening Endertas the lyers trying to betray us in 100 years of History.
However your attempts we know what to do when. Because we are people gifted Gods wisdom.
We do not also forget when you kill us at the middle of road with Dergue cadres.
We remember the chosed women when given to Dergue generals. We know you gual Mekele keep your mouth shut.
Don’t be foolish to respond to the stupid words of the Shabiya. He tried to be a Tygrian and create a crack among Tygrians. This was Shabiya’s common move. Ignore such a stupidity.
I don't know how you guys think of this, but I know if we take Assab and started to use it by force, the Eritrean people will not sit and watch, but have you ever wondered how the Ethiopian 70,million people see it's port been taken by our PM without our concent and given to Eritrean 4million people. Do you really think any normal minded Ethiopian will accept this?
What should have been done in the first place was to give Ethiopia the Assab and work for mutual interest. Otherwise Ethiopian people are feeling the same way as how the Eritrean people would have felt if Assab was taken by Ethiopia.
The distribution is not faire and our government should be ashamed and try to correct what is said to be the biggest mistake in it's history.
I am sorry to hear Tigrians and Eritreans exchanging unpleasant expressions. Whether this or that, a wise member of the societies knows there is no way out of the trap without compassion. Eritreans and Tigrians/Ethiopians must support each other and creat a peace if they want to do something coinstructive in life. No eritrean progress is feasible without Ethiopian comfort and no ethiopian can assume success without securing eritrean comfort. Simple as that. Please put your pride aside and deal with the situation reasonably because our people need peace and simple living. I can not see any reason besides hate and sadism to let the people fight again on this nonesense because they are cousines: like it or not.
The success of either nation is a function of the success of the other. the destructive pride I see here has no substance since we are the poorest nations on earth. where is the pride coming from when we can not even feed ourselves.
Brothers and sisters, it is not about Mekelle or asmara; colonialism or not but the terrible situation at hand that we must ovecome in order to head on forward. Please put yourselves as one of the people at the borders to feel the need for their safety. Trying to instigate war from Atlantic away for the sake of pride is the most selfish, inxconsiderate and worst crime we can do to our needy people.
Gual mekele, i could feel you pain. You must be either, a prevous maid in Eritrea or Daughter of a maid/servant/shekat-belles in eritrea or a Barista hurt broken my eritrean male.
You are changing your name, because you are not comfortable with yourself. Lack of confidence, they call it. You pretend to be peace loving at the same time you are biased against Ethiopia. Biased and peace don't go together. Thus, you tried to manipulate us that if we take ASSAB we will be in war for 30 years. Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but if a true Ethiopian is in power, we don't need to fight Eritreans at all. All you have to do is close the boarder for at least five years and Eritrea will collapse and will seat and talk. But, Ethiopian authorities should be strong and Ethiopian in character to be successful. Meles is extremely weak when it comes to Eritrea. Even though he grow up in Adua, he grow up Eritrean mentaly, when he was visiting adi-Quala he used to hear many bad words about Ethiopia, thus, he don't want to associate himself with bad, that is why he desperately want to be Eritrean. Even now, when Eritrea rejects the recent five point’s initiative, he started begging Eritrea to accept the proposal. Believe me I know his anti’s husband and he know Meles when his aunt (mother side) called Meles "kufu Melku" when he visited the then Eritrea kifeleHager.
The bottom line is that we aren't the one who like war, we don't, but what is ours is ours, we don't flinch for a moment about that.
To capture Assab from the hands of us, Eritreans, means that you, Tegaru + Amharu, will have to eliminate the whole population of Eritrea from the face of the earth. Now, is it possible militarily? Of course not, and your leader, PMMZ, knows that, but you still dont get it. And, you Tegarus should be happy with what you have: river Tekeze, baska Mekelle and so on.....
The Adwans have been supporting the Eritreans for morethan 35 years. The were also Bandas. So I have a new peace plan that, To give Adwa and its people to Eritrea. and lets Eritrea give us Assab and Badme.
All Adwans are Eritrean types and smell Eritreans.
Adwa is also a place only mountains no land for cultivation and rocks only. We other Tigreans we do not like them. They are Enemies of Ethiopia and Tigray. Ethiopians help us.
WEDI RAASI BY THE WAY DO NOT FORGET YOUR MASTERS WHO GAVE YOUR UNCLE THE TITLE RAS, AND KEIH BAHRI WAS ALSO TIGRIGNA NAME FOR THE RED SEA AND THAT WAS OUR KINGDOMS ACCESS TO THE WORLD THEN AND WILL BE FOR THE FETURE JUST WAIT TILL THE DUST CLEARS.KASSA-A
Kassa instead dreaming the unendlessdream help your poor tigrayans out from the Amnesia in which they choose to sink.How dude must you be to dream still of Abay tigray.forget it save your ass.Eritrea is gone for ever .Dont cheat yourselfs .you have to try to exist as a folk peacefully
otherwise let Asab you might lost the whole tigray.if you continue to dream of Abaytigray from the otherside of the ocean it would be only halusination and or alzheimer.Let the people of both nations live in peace dont be monkeys of the western world