This is done for various reasons. It could be done for learning purpose to see how it works, to enhance the
product to make it function better, to copy it which is mostly illegal or for malicious purpose such as infecting
it with virus.
I believe we have been reverse engineered by the TPLF government. You can be sure the purpose was not to
learn, enhance or integrate but rather to destroy or disrupt. The pie in the sky idea of the Millennium Dam
was the malicious code that was inserted into our operating system.
We woke up one morning and were appalled to discover TPLF was clad in our beautiful tri colored flag and we
were left covered in Eritrean and Egyptian clothing. My hats off to our Woyane hackers. Today ladies and
gentlemen we have TPLF on this corner proudly dressed in green yellow and red and on the other side is the
opposition dressed in Eritrean t-shirt top and Egyptian briefs. Watch Ato Meles bouncing around in his new
Chinese made uniform jabbing the air with his beautiful tri colored gloves and raising his fist up high and Ato
Bulcha Demeksa getting booed by the spectators.
The Americans call it topsy-turvy situation. In Ethiopia it is called the coming of sementegna shee, the eighth
millennium. It is uttered to signify a bizarre, unexplainable and totally weird situation. It is a sign of total
resignation. What is there to do when you are witnessing the end of the world? I believe that is what we got
here. The real sementegnaw shee is upon us.
The theft of our uniform also managed to put the question in a different perspective. All of a sudden the
debate became for and against Abay. Did you notice that? To build a dam or not became the issue. That is the
way the regime defined the debate.
Now tell me have you met any Ethiopian opposed to building a dam on Abay or any river? The question is
absurd. Why would anybody not wish a dam, a factory, a research university and other beautiful things for his
country? Then what is all this false debate about?
Like everything else in Ethiopia, due to its monopoly of the media the TPLF regime defines the issues and
presents its side using every available means. The Ethiopian people, those that are able or have conquered
fear get bits of information from ESAT (www.ethsat.com) VOA, DW and Internet.
The issue is not about building a freaking dam or not but rather it is all about democracy. Such colossal
projects require sober discussion and a national consensus. When governments plan such huge and costly
endeavors they usually carry out a consorted effort to include the population in a lively debate to build
enthusiasm and good will. Again, like everything else TPLF, they have managed to stand the concept on its
head. They have put the cart in front of the horse. I know it is nothing new.
We wanted to discuss intelligently and answer the two vital questions of why and how? They don’t have
adequate answers so they resorted into stealing the flag and hiding behind it like a coward. We are saying hold
on, before we decide shouldn’t we discuss it? Unfortunately, today we are actually forced to discuss an event
that is not going to happen. Why it is not going to happen has been analyzed and dissected by Ethiopian
experts in the fields of economics, engineering and politics. No one from the regime has presented a
compelling reason to use our limited resources on one gigantic project or answered the simple issue of
affording it. It cannot be done because there is no study to justify Ato Meles’s delusion.
The purpose of the Abay dam issue is to deflect attention from the current economic failure and the specter of
uprising in the vicinity. They have managed to confuse some people. They have used a very important
question to win political point. In their tiny little heads they have won the day. How pathetic. Here is a good
timely quotation from FIFA’s (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Fair play code.
Fair Play
Winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly. Cheating is easy, but
brings no pleasure. Playing fair requires courage and character. It is also more satisfying. Fair play
always has its reward, even when the game is lost. Playing fair earns respect, while cheating only
brings shame. Remember: it is only a game. And games are pointless unless played fairly.
TPLF plays dishonestly. Winning by cheating is second nature to our Woyane warriors. TPLF refuses to grow
up. The Ethiopian regime is infected with toxic philosophy of us against them. They spend a lot of time
concocting negative ideas and scenarios to confuse, set one up against the other and survive another day.
Since Woyane assumed power our people have not seen a single day of peace.
Today democratic Ethiopia is demanding businesses use a cash register furnished and maintained by the
government. The cash register costs over seven thousand Bir and maintenance and upgrades cost over two
thousand. It is not open for discussion. Today democratic Ethiopia demands the citizen report to Kebele if he
has an overnight visitor in his own house. Today democratic Ethiopia determines how much a private
merchant should charge for his goods.
The Abay dam theatre is one more abuse to prop up a dying system. The regime has already started to
expropriate money from civil servants and the banks to finance its military and security due to the threat of
people’s uprising. The willing Diaspora that was lulled over by promise of appreciating real estate values is
now coming face to face with TPLF’s ugly side. Forty percent is the current rate of the rip off billed as tax, but
it is just the beginning. The song ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ comes to mind. I have a feeling some of my
Hodam relatives will soon be singing the Ethiopian blues.
The reality on the ground is that the regime has spent the entire budget appropriated to the dam building
project. Transporting Ato Meles and his friends to Benishangul Zone, setting up the necessary prop for
television cameras bringing a marching band and two worn out caterpillar tractors is all the investment
required to stir up this hollow discussion. The rest is all about fleecing the citizen and the Diaspora. Don’t hold
your breath about seeing an actual dam on the mighty Abay.
The mighty Abay is not just another river. Abay is special. Abbay is born in Ethiopia. Abay nurtured the Pharos
and help build the great pyramids. Abay was close when Jesus walked on Earth. The prophet Mohammed sent
his relatives and followers on the first Hijra (migration) for safety to Ethiopia by the shores of the mighty Abay.
Without Abay there will be no such thing as Egyptian civilization the fore bearer of World civilization. It is not
a good idea to toy with Abay. Abay is not a forgiving River.
Everything else Ethiopian has been debased and degraded so it is nothing new Abay is the current victim.
When you think the flag is a playground for some infantile scribble Abay stands no chance.
