Last Straw?

So, it came down to this with Meles and his cohorts, huh? It's a shame and shameless at the same time. Recently, while listening to my favorite radio program, a caller who has been disenchanted by the 'war on terror' that the US has embarked on mentioned the term ‘Demagogue’ and read its definition to the host.

Demagogue – A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.

It is obvious to many that the Bush administration has been using this tactic for the last 5 years effectively-so effectively in fact, that they were basically given a free pass to implement all their domestic and international agenda's and even managed to 'win' another term. No need to go into detail what these agenda's are, but why does it feel like the Meles regime has taken a page or 2 from America's playbook and maybe even putting the real training on 'anti terrorism' to work. Not the kind of training where a GI captain from Toledo, Ohio trains an Agazi from Adigrat how to shoot an M -16 into a group unarmed civilians and treat them much like the My Lai Massacre where they made a "tactical decision" to "destroy the village in order to save it". I know, it hasn't gotten to that stage yet. I'm of course referring to the training conducted by, most likely by the CIA and custom made for the dictator in the region which happens to be Woyane's in our case.

The recent wave of explosions in Addis are a major cause for concern in that it may lead to a political abyss we may never be able get out of. Who knows, the Woyane regime may have resorted to the backup playbook seeing that it is running out of options. Is it really beyond the realm of possibility, given what they have done in the recent past?

It may be my cynical side which loathes this current menacing US administration, but I have this sick feeling that the recent atrocities in Addis may have some invisible had of the US as it is usually the case. What better way to turn public opinion by demagoguery that screams 'see, what these terrible kinijit people are doing to you? They are killing innocent people in the streets!' Well, haven't we heard that song before? I myself have heard it in a few languages in the short time I followed US politics. It has this strange resemblance to 'Taps'. You know, that American military haunting melody from a bugle? Uh huh! Countries all over have, at one time or another, been victims of a US war machine and the CIA. Now, it may be a little too early to fully speculate on the possibility of a few 'good men' from the office of John Negroponte who is an expert in such chaos, but people, be warned. Wherever America goes with its military, the outcome is often far from pleasant. They say, 'if you lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas'.

Sure, the blame game is in full swing jumping from one LF (Liberation Front) to another and even to a neighboring country, but the goal is to keep people in disillusioned and in constant fear. Make 'Big Brother' the unquestioned protector of the people, who are otherwise helpless. Unfortunately for the Woyane's, they once again mis-calculating. They misjudged the intelligence and political savvy of the the Ethiopian people.