April 26, 2014
by Dula
Kerry will not talk about democracy in Ethiopia because we failed to press on America to do the right thing. Lat week, the fundamentalist Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn was forced by Washington to rescind the anti-homosexual legislation and demonstration despite overwhelming support by rubber-stamped parliament and the public.
This shows the priority for America and our failure to lobby Washington effectively. This also shows the power of lobby groups in shaping U.S. foreign policy.
President Obama is threatening sanction against Russia and he thinks he can bring Russia to its knees using a sweeping sanction. If he thinks he has this kind of power against a resource rich and powerful country like Russia, why can he not use the some power on perpetual beggars and tinhorn dictators in Africa to reform, end the misery, the corruption, and the dictatorship if he really cares. Apparently, they don’t care, but we can force them to care like the Homosexual community did in forcing Hailemariam Desalegn to drop the anti-homosexuality legislation.
Ethiopia is the key to democracy in Africa. For example, representative of warring factions from South Sudan are in Ethiopia to hammer out their differences and to form democratic union where all different groups can live in peace. On the other hand, Ethiopia practices ethnic politics and divide and rule. Unfortunately, Ethiopia is not a place to teach such lessons about ethnic harmony and democracy. The Ethiopian regime pretended for long for things that it is not in order to earn respect and foreign aid.
Call the State Department and Congressional Members to press on Kerry to tell Hailemariam to protect the rights of all Ethiopians not just homosexuals in Ethiopia.
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