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By Fayyis Oromia
Re. to wow pictures from Atlanta...
comments = The pictures are nice, but what about the practicality of being free from Weyane subjugation? Here is the reason why it seems to be
difficult and the suggestion for the way out:
Co-operation of Amhara pro-democracy forces and Oromo freedom fighters against fascist Weyane:
It was already written that Weyane's leader, Meles Zenawi, has said: Amhara-Oromo conflict, i.e the historical face-off between Oromo and Amhara, is
a unique historical advantage for Weyane to perpetuate its rule. He also said regarding the dialogue between Amhara forces and Oromo fronts within
AFD, seemingly rightly, that it is a marriage between "fire and straw (isat ina ciid)". It is really pity that these two BIG nations live in a conflict against
each other just caused by the hitherto ruling class of the empire and by the sponsors of the ruling class aka the European colonizers, the effect being
the fate of both nations to live now under the subjugation by minority group of the Tigrean ruling class.
Disregarding the hitherto Abesha ruling class, actually both the Amhara and Oromo peoples were victims of the European colonizers. The main conflict
and imbalance of power between the Amharas and Oromos started at the end of 19th century at which time the Europeans had their programm of
scramble for Africa. It is said that the French colonizers used to move horizontal between Dakar and Djibouti, whereas the British colonizers' move was
vertical between Cape town and Cairo. These two forces were about to confront each other in the Horn of Africa. To avoid the confrontation the British
colonizers had to do their usual manipulation in Africa: choosing one ethnic group as a "superior", and using it to suppress the others which they
consider as the "inferiors". They told the Amharas that they are "superior" semitics and christians who had to "civilize" the "inferior animist" Oromos
and others in the south. They gave them weapons and helped them by giving military advice. So they !
controlled indirectly the area without confronting the French army. With such manipulation, both the Amharas and the Oromos became victims, since
then both are not free. The Amhara rulers being the ex-servants of the British (as suppressors of the Oromos), both the Amharas as a people and the
Oromos as the the suppressed subjects were/are still lacking freedom.
Now a days the Tegarus' ruling class plays similar role as servant of the American imperialists again to suppress the Oromos and of course at the
moment the Amharas are as oppressed as the Oromos. Theoretically now there is nothing which can hinder the alliance of the Amhara pro-democracy
forces and the Oromo pro-freedom fronts to come together and fight for their freedom and democracy as they attempted in AFD, but still there are
practical problems. Both need yet to learn to stop their striving for mere unconditional Ethiopian unity and mere Oromian independence without a union
respectively. The Amhara pro-democracy forces pushing for unconditional unity makes the Oromo freedom fighters only to be sceptical for they know
what the pro-democracy forces want to achieve with this pretext. At the same time the attempt of some of Oromo freedom fighters to forge
independence without giving the possibility for a union and without giving a value for the benefit of a union among neig!
hbouring nations makes the Amhara pro-democracy forces to panic because of their thinking that they will be driven out of Oromia. Such move of
certain part of the Oromo freedom fighters seems to be as counter-productive as the vehement wish of the Amhara pro-democracy forces for
unconditional unity.
Beside that, Weyanes do manipulate this "difference" between the two BIG nations to creat more discord and make them fight each other. In order to
neutralize such deed of Weyane, very important now for the two nations is to concentrate on the common agenda: freedom and democracy. If both of
them come to their senses and do rally behind these two ideals, the other two virtues they want to realize aka independent Oromia in an integrated
(united) Ethiopia will be fullfilled indirectly. Is this impossible? NO! It is possible if all nations in the empire will be free from tyranny, killing, and looting
like what is happening under Weyane now. So our main problem now a days is the lording, killing and looting that all the nations in the empire do
suffer under Weyane. The victims from the two BIG nations need to wake up and say together: NO to fascist Weyane!
email = fayyis@yahoo.com
By Fayyis Oromia
Re. to wow pictures from Atlanta...
comments = The pictures are nice, but what about the practicality of being free from Weyane subjugation? Here is the reason why it seems to be
difficult and the suggestion for the way out:
Co-operation of Amhara pro-democracy forces and Oromo freedom fighters against fascist Weyane:
It was already written that Weyane's leader, Meles Zenawi, has said: Amhara-Oromo conflict, i.e the historical face-off between Oromo and Amhara, is
a unique historical advantage for Weyane to perpetuate its rule. He also said regarding the dialogue between Amhara forces and Oromo fronts within
AFD, seemingly rightly, that it is a marriage between "fire and straw (isat ina ciid)". It is really pity that these two BIG nations live in a conflict against
each other just caused by the hitherto ruling class of the empire and by the sponsors of the ruling class aka the European colonizers, the effect being
the fate of both nations to live now under the subjugation by minority group of the Tigrean ruling class.
Disregarding the hitherto Abesha ruling class, actually both the Amhara and Oromo peoples were victims of the European colonizers. The main conflict
and imbalance of power between the Amharas and Oromos started at the end of 19th century at which time the Europeans had their programm of
scramble for Africa. It is said that the French colonizers used to move horizontal between Dakar and Djibouti, whereas the British colonizers' move was
vertical between Cape town and Cairo. These two forces were about to confront each other in the Horn of Africa. To avoid the confrontation the British
colonizers had to do their usual manipulation in Africa: choosing one ethnic group as a "superior", and using it to suppress the others which they
consider as the "inferiors". They told the Amharas that they are "superior" semitics and christians who had to "civilize" the "inferior animist" Oromos
and others in the south. They gave them weapons and helped them by giving military advice. So they !
controlled indirectly the area without confronting the French army. With such manipulation, both the Amharas and the Oromos became victims, since
then both are not free. The Amhara rulers being the ex-servants of the British (as suppressors of the Oromos), both the Amharas as a people and the
Oromos as the the suppressed subjects were/are still lacking freedom.
Now a days the Tegarus' ruling class plays similar role as servant of the American imperialists again to suppress the Oromos and of course at the
moment the Amharas are as oppressed as the Oromos. Theoretically now there is nothing which can hinder the alliance of the Amhara pro-democracy
forces and the Oromo pro-freedom fronts to come together and fight for their freedom and democracy as they attempted in AFD, but still there are
practical problems. Both need yet to learn to stop their striving for mere unconditional Ethiopian unity and mere Oromian independence without a union
respectively. The Amhara pro-democracy forces pushing for unconditional unity makes the Oromo freedom fighters only to be sceptical for they know
what the pro-democracy forces want to achieve with this pretext. At the same time the attempt of some of Oromo freedom fighters to forge
independence without giving the possibility for a union and without giving a value for the benefit of a union among neig!
hbouring nations makes the Amhara pro-democracy forces to panic because of their thinking that they will be driven out of Oromia. Such move of
certain part of the Oromo freedom fighters seems to be as counter-productive as the vehement wish of the Amhara pro-democracy forces for
unconditional unity.
Beside that, Weyanes do manipulate this "difference" between the two BIG nations to creat more discord and make them fight each other. In order to
neutralize such deed of Weyane, very important now for the two nations is to concentrate on the common agenda: freedom and democracy. If both of
them come to their senses and do rally behind these two ideals, the other two virtues they want to realize aka independent Oromia in an integrated
(united) Ethiopia will be fullfilled indirectly. Is this impossible? NO! It is possible if all nations in the empire will be free from tyranny, killing, and looting
like what is happening under Weyane now. So our main problem now a days is the lording, killing and looting that all the nations in the empire do
suffer under Weyane. The victims from the two BIG nations need to wake up and say together: NO to fascist Weyane!
email = fayyis@yahoo.com
