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Secretary Rice Wake up and smell the coffee

Written by Mike Seium

Saturday, 27 October 2007

While anti-war protesters started of the day rough for the secretary of State Condoleeza Rice by protesting inside a hearing room as a result of failed US policies towards the Middle East, A Congressman from New Jersey inflicted a heavy pain on her psyche as she was left with little remarks and with out an appropriate answer for some of the questions she was asked on issues related to the horn of Africa region. Mr. Donald Payne asked her about Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Without further going into the other atrocities the TPLF regime is committing in the name of terrorism, I felt obligated as an Eritrean-American to prove her wrong in what I believe is the fundamental issue that is very important to most Eritreans, Ethiopians and the horn of Africa nations.

The Congressman goes on to ask,

"the Ethiopia-Eritrean situation, and bottoming the demarcation of the borders had not been accepted by Ethiopia, our big ally in Africa.And I wonder if our administration is urging Ethiopia to accept the agreement that they said they would accept from The Hague as relates to the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia.?"

The secretary of State goes on to answer without any facts to back up as she accused the Eritrean President of not trying to talk to her assistant secretary which is clearly "Hogwash" If you ask anyone. This is an excuse created by her armature Assistant secretary of State who has been working to advance the agenda of the TPLF minority regime in Addis.

Here is her answer to the congressman,

On Eritrea/Ethiopia, yes, we do encourage and urge the acceptance of the U.N. effort there.
RICE: It has been difficult to talk to Eritrea, frankly. We've had trouble getting them to talk to us. And I sent our assistant secretary to talk with Mr. Isaias, and he didn't see her.

So while we are saying to the Ethiopians that certain things need to be done, it would be very helpful if the Eritreans would show a little bit more interest in what the United States has to say.

Eritrea has never said no to talking and Eritrea has always been a party who is willing to negotiate based on the rule of law. The Eritreans have been listening and continue to listen to the U.S. Eritrea, however will not compromise it's integrity nor it's sovereignty to listen to the United States or anyone for that matter. The secretary needs to work hard to make basic fundamental changes at the State department when it comes to policies in the middle east, far east, the horn of Africa and for that matter the rest of the world.

I would like to share with you part of a letter the Eritrean President wrote to the EEBC in September of 2007 before the meeting of both countries with the EEBC. There is a contradiction in the letter contrary to what the Secretary said about her Assistant Secretary's claims about the Eritrean President not meeting with her and it is clearly defined by the President that in order to meet for genuine peace the armature diplomat must not act as a member of the EEBC nor a bully who demands that Eritrea break the law by force.

The President in his letter writes,

Mr. President (In reference to Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht / President - Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission)

You will recall the strong reservations and protests we have made in the past against attempts to interfere with the EEBC's legal proceedings. Such political interference threatens to distract the forthcoming meeting from its legitimate agenda. We are therefore compelled to put on record our views.

Assistant Secretary of State Fraizer's comments (Which are phrased as though she has the authority to dictate the meeting's agenda) refer to a United Nations role without providing specifics. She mentions a role for Norway as well. The responsibilities of the United Nations under the Algiers agreement are evident, but it is difficult to understand what legal role Norway might have.

She asserts that both countries have violated their responsibilities. Such apportionment of blame equally between two parties, so as to accuse Eritrea, is not new. It is baseless and remains unacceptable.

In as far as her visit to the border is concerned, her illegal entrance into occupied Eritrean areas through Ethiopia effectively condones the invasion of the territories of the a UN member State. It was both unlawful and ill-advised, and Eritrea objected to it at the time. Her support for alterations to the EEBC award are indicative of the underlying motivations and purpose of her visit.

Ms. Frazer claims that she brought Ethiopia back to the table and induced it to accept the delimitation decision without conditions. Her claims raise many questions and (If true) serve only to reinforce our apprehension on the ultimate object of Illegal interference. Morever, her assertion "[but we lost Eritrea... Eritrea then walked away from the Boundary Commission" is simply untrue.

Ms. Frazer alludes to the "satellite technology" and to communities that will be affected by the award. The allegation that "some farms will be split from their wells" is simply another variant of the "dialogue" argument invoked earlier in an attempt to dilute and nullify the Commission's FINAL & BINDING award. It has no legal or moral basis and we reject it, as has the Commission.

These are questions that need to be raised when you claim that Eritrea don't want to talk to us. As Eritrean Americans thousands have marched peacefully over the past few years to talk to you. Ethiopians and Ethio-Americans have screamed to you about the brutal dictatorship in Addis and thousands of Somali's have been displaced as a result of your failed policy once again. Genocides have taken place in Ogaden, Gambella region and there have been many other an accounted for atrocities but your friends in Addis continue to get a Green light to break the rule of law and humanities law.

Think for a second the protesters on Capitol Hill were sending a clear message and history will judge you. Eritrean-Americans will judge you the oppressed will judge you.

Secretary Rice Wake up and smell the coffee!

Mike Seium
Awet N'hizbi Eritrea.

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