Operation Save Ethiopia

A.         Tragedy of wrong premise

The Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray
(MLLT), in political jargon, died right from its formation on a wrong premise at
the wrong time and wrong place in non-industrialized Tigray – the cradle
of Ethiopian Civilization unbreakably linked to Zenawi’s hate-name,
Ethiopia; at the wrong place for communism also because Tigray is a citadel of
Orthodox Tewahido Christian faith.

There is no point now to run the gamut
of the heinous crimes of the TPLF regime, which manifested its exclusivity from
day one of capturing Addis Ababa; similarly there is no use counting the
numerous tragic failures of opposition entities to discern the exclusivity of
the brutal kleptocratic regime under the guise of EPRDF but clearly dominated
by extremist hardliners within the TPLF in all these years. It would therefore
be prudent to admit the capacity and capability of deception, pathological
lies, manipulation, committing despicable crimes characterizing the top TPLF leadership.

The time now is to act on the basis of
mountains of irrefutable atrocious damages perpetrated by TPLF and act in
unison to launch “Operation Save Ethiopia” giving less emphasis  to the saga
of speculations about the health of Zenawi for the time being.

In case of demise of the tyrant, I should
add to the above that my worst fear is that the thugs will stage a huge funeral
and order a period of mourning with flag hoisted at half-mast in all the
regions of ethicized Ethiopia; even more my painful nightmare is that they
would erect a golden monument of the tyrant at Adwa thus desecrating the
revered ground hallowed with the blood and lives of our ancestors – hailing
from all corners of Ethiopia – in two major wars with Italy.

The title “Operation Save
Ethiopia” certainly comprises a set of complex activities that cannot be
covered in this brief piece of writing meant to serve as a reminder of main
principles developed and applied by scholars in the art of war. Here below is
my submission.

B.         Element of
surprise

The
tyrant Zenawi that once boasted he could storm the heaven was shaken and
visibly frightened on hearing the ever memorable bombastic voice of Abebe Gelaw
repeatedly demanding Freedom before food at the meeting of world leaders and
dignitaries chaired by President Obama at the Regan Building in Washington on
18 May 2012. 

Zenawi
was obviously demoralized as evidenced by his photographs and failure to show
up in public and more importantly missing the AU meeting in Addis Ababa.

That was a classic example of surprise
attack that gave Ethiopians a generous huge harvest lifting their morale and
rousing us into action all over the world – at home and in the Diaspora.
That surprise attack without a single live bullet fired out of the barrel of a
gun constituted a quantum jump raising our struggle to a new height.

Therefore the element of surprise is
important in the next series of peaceful civil strike acts. Sun Su said:
“In practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s
country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy is not so good. So, too, it is
better to capture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a
detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.” And concluded:
“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme
excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking enemy’s resistance
without fighting.” Vide, The Art of War by Sun Tzu – Translated by
Lionel Giles – page 87.  

So, the strategy for “Operation
Save Ethiopia” should be built on the premise of capturing “enemy
resources in tact without a single shot being fired.  After all these
resources belong to the Ethiopian people.

C.         Symbiotic
cooperation

The repressive regime must accede to demands
of the Ethiopian people, including relinquishing power and unfettered freedom
of expression, in accordance with their diktat expressed in no uncertain terms.

In order to enforce the demands
referred to above, opposition forces and civil societies committed to struggle
within the framework of civil disobedience should call their respective
supporters to revolution squares throughout the country. The current crackdown
on the legitimate demand of Ethiopian Muslims, the onslaught of Christian Holy
sites such as Waldiba, Ziquala Monastery, et al have set the stage for calling
massive demonstration. Communications, Command and Control mechanism is
indispensable to the overall guidance of the situation by consensus.

There
is nothing that would preclude the peaceful component in all-inclusive struggle
from participating in the envisioned massive civil disobedience; chances are
that it is doing it already. The other component including armed struggle
should come to defend peaceful demonstrators if and only if the TPLF thugs pull
the  trigger
first to kill the innocent demonstrators in cold blood as usual. This my humble
and sincere suggestion with all due respect to all concerned.

D.         Ethiopian &
Egyptian examples of popular uprising

The
Aklilu Cabinet resigned in 1974 without a single shot being fired due to wide
spread unrest and popular demand. The Egyptians converged on Tahrir Square in  Cairo, city
squares in Alexandria et al and have now a president elected for the first time
in seven thousand years of their history.   Why can’t we Ethiopians do
the same? The answer is YES WE CAN!

E.          Recent Calls for
Action:

1)        
I note with delight the following excerpts taken from the OLF enshrined  in its Press Release dated  and signed by General Kamal Gelchuu :-

·        
“We angrily recall
the recent woyyanne federal police massacre at Asassaa, Arsi
, Oromia, on the Muslims who were assembled to pray in mosque. The July
13, 2012, massacre in Addis Ababa against Ethiopian Muslims is a continuation
of Asassaa’s massacre.”

·        
“These blatant
human rights violation against Ethiopian Muslims in particular and the
Ethiopian people in general should be condemned by all peoples of the
world.”

·        
“As long as
Woyanne’s minority dictatorial regime controls Ethiopia, one would not
expect freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom of press. The
solution out of this tyranny is for all Ethiopian people, Muslims, Christians
and waaqqefata (believers in Oromo traditional religion) to conduct all round
struggle against minority woyyanne regime . The
struggle is not only about freedom of religion. It should be a struggle to get
rid of woyyanne minority government that has engaged in terrorizing the
Ethiopian people to cling in power.”

·        
“The Oromo
Liberation Front takes this opportunity to call upon all opposition groups to
coordinate a unified struggle against woyanne regime and create Ethiopia where
its nations, nationalities and peoples live in peace and prosperity.”

2)         MEDREK,
which has recently transformed itself to a front adding an “F” to
its acronym,  has
called on the repressive EPRDF party for dialogue on the current situation.
Well done MEDREKF for your responsible gesture symbolizing political maturity.
But I doubt that the repressive EPRDF party will respond to your call in the
face of its current nervous state of mind. The next move for  MEDREKF in all probability would
be to play a key role in the massive uprising for which the brutal ruling
regime is to blame.

 3)        The
Ethiopian National Youth Movement (ENYM) has issued a strong  passionate emergency call to the
effect of relieving the brutal ruling regime of its evil duties strictly by
means of peaceful struggle.  I am
positive that the Ethiopian people, parents and the seven civic organizations
addressed will listen to their plea to unseat the regime.

F.          Foreign input

In the
aftermath of election 2005 I wrote an article titled “Ethiopians have
only God and themselves”. I produce a couple of extracts below:-  

“When
asked, what legal authority he had to by-pass the Parliament and declare a
state of emergency, Meles responded by saying that, after all, the donors did
not object to the action he took. His response is solid proof, among others,
that the monstrous killer is subservient to the interests of the donors at the
expense of the vital interests of poor Ethiopia. Donors are cunning actors who
alienate African Leaders from their peoples by corrupting, blackmailing, and
turning them into greedy dictators so that they will have no choice but obey
the orders of neocolonialists.” 
I then wrote in closing:

“Therefore
I strongly believe that the only choice for us Ethiopians is to remove the
traitor from power through intensified and concerted peaceful struggle. The
choice of the Ethiopian people at the polls of 15 May 2005 must be upheld and
sustained. For the arduous and noble struggle ahead, Ethiopians, given the past
and present bitter experiences of our country, should realize that they have
only their God and themselves to score victory over tyranny and abject poverty
plaguing the people of our motherland.”

G. Conclusion

1.         Element
of surprise produces best results in any struggle; it is recommended to read
the book “Art of War” by Sun Tzu in detail. Vide paragraph B above.
Most of people believe the action by Abebe as
priceless gift from heaven.

2.         The
call of three opposition entities mentioned at paragraph E above is for regime
change.

3.         Symbiotic
cooperation mentioned at paragraph C above has in my humble opinion significant
value

4.         I
repeat my passionate plea to the army, security forces and law enforcement
agencies to be on the side of the people.

5.         It
would be foolhardy to expect positive input from Western donors, the UN or  AU.

6.         As the saying goes hit the iron while it is hot! TPLF is
damaged beyond repair because it started on a wrong premise, vide paragraph A above.

7.         Let
us act at this propitious moment in unison and give the bastard thugs a blow
with our coordinated civil strife at home and demonstrations abroad – and the
killer thugs will disgracefully fall.

8.         The
ongoing crackdown on Ethiopian Muslims has elevated the issue to a national
Agenda.

8.         It pays to rely on ESAT& all pro-Ethiopia media outlets!

LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA!!!

Release all political prisoners
including Andualem Aragie, Eskinder Nega et al