Ethiopians: Stop deceiving yourselves and re-assert your freedom
Zekarias Ezra
February 09, 2012
You have done all that could be done to have your human dignity restored and country be free from the yoke of tyranny.
Ethiopians have petitioned; Ethiopians have remonstrated; Ethiopians have supplicated; Ethiopians have prostrated themselves before the ´throne´ of Meles again and again for the past 20 long years with total helplessness, and have implored the self-anointed ´King´ Meles to have mercy on them.
Their petitions have been slighted; their silence and timidity and love of peace have produced repeated insults, more violence, imprisonment, and death. Their earnest appeals and supplications have been completely disregarded. They have been rejected, with utter contempt, from the foot of the ´throne´.
In all honesty and candor, it would be but an exercise in futility for Ethiopians to indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There remains no room for hope in today´s Ethiopia with Meles sitting on the ´throne´.
But, this is not to say Ethiopians should abandon the noble struggle in which they have been so long engaged, and have paid the ultimate sacrifice by the thousands. On the contrary, Ethiopians should pledge never to abandon the struggle until the day Meles leaves power. No other choice but to fight.
By using force and suppression to silence people´s voices for peace and justice, Meles Zenawi is leaving Ethiopians with one and one appeal only; an appeal to arms and the Lord of hosts.
Some might say Meles and his army and police are stronger than ever. When shall then Ethiopians say enough is enough? Will Ethiopians be any stronger by irresolution and inaction? Will they change their lot and fate by merely lying supinely on their backs and hugging the ´I have a cow in the sky…´ illusions of hope?
Ethiopians armed themselves with a holy cause of freedom, marching out in the streets of the country like a vast army of locusts covers the land asserting their freedom.
Meles and his gangs will then know there is a just God, Majesty of Heaven, who presides over the destinies of nations.
Ethiopians have petitioned; Ethiopians have remonstrated; Ethiopians have supplicated; Ethiopians have prostrated themselves before the ´throne´ of Meles again and again for the past 20 long years with total helplessness, and have implored the self-anointed ´King´ Meles to have mercy on them.
Their petitions have been slighted; their silence and timidity and love of peace have produced repeated insults, more violence, imprisonment, and death. Their earnest appeals and supplications have been completely disregarded. They have been rejected, with utter contempt, from the foot of the ´throne´.
In all honesty and candor, it would be but an exercise in futility for Ethiopians to indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There remains no room for hope in today´s Ethiopia with Meles sitting on the ´throne´.
But, this is not to say Ethiopians should abandon the noble struggle in which they have been so long engaged, and have paid the ultimate sacrifice by the thousands. On the contrary, Ethiopians should pledge never to abandon the struggle until the day Meles leaves power. No other choice but to fight.
By using force and suppression to silence people´s voices for peace and justice, Meles Zenawi is leaving Ethiopians with one and one appeal only; an appeal to arms and the Lord of hosts.
Some might say Meles and his army and police are stronger than ever. When shall then Ethiopians say enough is enough? Will Ethiopians be any stronger by irresolution and inaction? Will they change their lot and fate by merely lying supinely on their backs and hugging the ´I have a cow in the sky…´ illusions of hope?
Ethiopians armed themselves with a holy cause of freedom, marching out in the streets of the country like a vast army of locusts covers the land asserting their freedom.
Meles and his gangs will then know there is a just God, Majesty of Heaven, who presides over the destinies of nations.
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