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Home arrow Opinion arrow Editorials arrow The destructive power of US' greed - US Policy in the Horn of Africa is a Destabilizing Factor
The destructive power of US' greed - US Policy in the Horn of Africa is a Destabilizing Factor PDF Print E-mail
Written by Rishan Beyene   
Saturday, 29 March 2008
ImageStrategic and economic interests have always driven the US policy in the Horn of Africa. During the Cold War, the US was fixated on the 'containment of communism', committing grave historical errors and crimes against humanity in the process. And now, America 's blind quest for global dominance is turning the world we live in upside down with chaos and destruction. Indeed, post Cold War US policy, after 9/11 especially, has been about ensuring the gradual disintegration of target states by creating what they call 'constructive instability', using pretexts (fabrications), as witnessed in Iraq and Somalia. This brief article intends to highlight the fact that the US has until now been a destabilizing force in the volatile Horn region.

There are certain issues that some Western scientists consider critical to surviving the 21st century, and thus have long been pressurizing their political leaders to take those issues into consideration in adopting and implementing their policies. Accordingly, the 'global concerns of our time' are to include:Image

  • Terrorism
  • Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
  • Alarmingly growing population
  • Aquifer and river depletion
  • Depletion of edible fish, and
  • Global warming

Since 9/11, the Bush Administration has been using the so-called 'global concerns of our time' as pretexts for controlling target regions as part of its grand design of creating a 'global empire'. Indeed, using 'global concerns' such as WMD and terrorism as pretexts, the US has been creating what they call 'constructive instability' like the ones witnessed in Iraq and Somalia, to enable them to easily plunder the resources of target nations and at the same time to bring about a reduction in what the Western scientists consider an 'alarmingly growing population of our planet Earth' as well as the eventual disintegration of target nations, thus enabling the US to rearrange target nations in the way that would 'sustainably' benefit the US at the expense of certain 'targeted populations'. And should the 'victims' of such 'terrorist' and ‘diabolic’ acts rise up to free themselves from being 'terrorized' and 'dehumanized' or should another nation attempts to help the 'victims' in any way, then they would automatically be labelled 'terrorists' and the 'good Samaritan' would risk being enlisted in what they call 'state sponsor of terrorism'. In light of this, it is no surprising for this rather dangerous path the US has been treading to become the number one global concern of our time, including to those conscious Americans. Indeed, surviving the 21st century would require America to review and reverse its rather 'diabolic' strategy of 'global dominance', and to work instead for the good of all humanity.

Image The US 's attempt to control the resource-rich and strategically significant Horn of Africa through covert and overt policy of divide and rule between and within Horn nations has been destabilizing the region. Indeed, in an attempt to control the Horn region through a servant regime, the US has until now been encouraging and allowing the Woyane regime to terrorize the peoples of the Horn region, including its own. And in exchange for its 'evil' service, this 'terrorist' regime in Addis has, among other things, been applauded and presented by the US as 'democratic' and an 'ally' in the war against terrorism. The servant regime in Addis which has until now been waging America's and its own 'dirty war' against 'targeted populations' in the Horn is indeed America's 'model' state for the region and beyond. The lesson for the Horn states seems to be that should a state chooses to play a critical role in helping the US destabilize the Horn region, it will not only be applauded and presented by the US and its 'allies' as 'democratic', 'talented people' - you name it, but will also be given a 'free reign' to commit whatever crimes it wishes and get away with it. On the other hand, however, should a state chooses to play a positive and constructive role, which is contrary to the US policy and agenda of destabilizing the region, then the 'offending' state will be made to bear the crimes committed by the servant regime. In brief, the 'offending' state will be subjected to the 'punishment' principled Eritrea has until now been subjected to.*

Image As part of its policy of divide and rule, the US has long been obstructing the EEBC ruling from being implemented on the ground. Indeed, if it were not for America 's deliberate obstruction, the EEBC ruling would have long been implemented, thereby allowing the neighbourly countries to normalize relations. Unfortunately, however, the US foolishly considers such positive regional developments detrimental to its interests, and has thus been working tirelessly to destabilise the Horn region by undermining the rule of law, fomenting conflicts between and within states in the region, and by allowing and encouraging its servant regime to continue occupying sovereign Eritrean territory as well as Somalia.

Indeed in an attempt to frustrate the relative peace and the budding hope for national reconstitution the Islamic Courts had managed to bring about after years of bloodshed, the servant regime in Addis with substantial US help invaded Somalia on the pretext of fighting terrorism, turning Somalia into the worst humanitarian disaster spot in the world. And in an attempt to subjugate the people and Government of Eritrea, the US has, among other things, been working hard to enlist the peace-loving and law-abiding nation on what they call 'state sponsor of terrorism', apparently for creating a conducive environment for the Somali people to resolve their issues themselves without external interference.

As a 'genuine' victim of 'real' terrorism since its birth as a new nation, young Eritrea fully knows that you do not play with fire. Indeed, Eritrea 's principled stance on terrorism has been critical in keeping the Horn and its surrounding from slipping into chaos. Very sadly, however, blinded by its quest for global dominance, America's short-sighted and rather infantile handling of sensitive issues as well as its undermining of the delicate balance principled Eritrea has managed and still attempts to maintain, could potentially transform the Horn region and its surrounding into utter chaos. And very sadly again, the US policy in the Horn region is designed to bring about just that!

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Indeed, if the US policy in the Horn of Africa was and is designed to commit heinous crimes against humanity, and hence to create humanitarian disaster spots and radicalised 'victims' of its direct and indirect 'terrorist' acts as well as to be held in contempt for its arrogance, then the US has indeed succeeded. In light of this, President Bush's so-called 'war on terror' and his "you're either with us or against us" rhetoric have now been unmasked, and what one can clearly see now is like Hitler declaring he was waging war against fascism and for the world to choose to either 'work' with him or 'against' him. Similar argument applies to the US self-appointing itself to judge other nations pertaining to human rights issues based on false and hearsay evidence. Indeed the self-appointed judge of the world would first have to repudiate its ‘Hitler’s-like’ agenda, which is responsible for the ‘Hitler’s-like’ atrocities around the world as well as to examine its own motives and conduct before judging others.

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>> Mass Murder in the Horn of Africa - By a US ally, of course...

For an up to date ‘rewards’ and ‘punishment’ for being willing or unwilling to cooperate with the US in its task of ‘destabilising’ the Horn region, please refer to the ‘testimonies’ given by ‘certain’ US officials to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.

>> Frazer's Encore During Tuesday's Senate Hearing

>> U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Statement: “Evaluating U.S. Policy Options on the Horn of Africa”

It is a shame that the international community lacks integrity and the courage of its convictions. The international community needs to wake up from its deep slumber and take concrete action to end immediately the heinous crimes against humanity it has allowed in the Horn for so long. And that would require, among other things,

  • Ensuring the invading Ethiopia gets out of Eritrea’s sovereign territory as well as Somalia,
  • Bringing to justice the ‘terrorist’ regime in Addis and its ‘associates’ in crimes against humanity, and
  • Ensuring that the rule of law is upheld at all times.

In brief, Eritrea is not a state sponsor of terrorism. Such a label is, of course, a rather fitting tribute to the destabilising role the US has been playing in the Horn region through its servant and 'terrorist' regime in Addis. As for principled Eritrea , it has been and shall continue to be a bulwark against terrorism.

 





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