(July 17, 2012, Press TV)--Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
is turning more and more to the CIA for making his government’s
critical decisions as the foundation of his regime crumbles, a political
analyst says.
In an article published on Tuesday, independent journalist Thomas C. Mountain said that the isolation surrounding Meles Zenawi grows almost by the day as he faces “more insurgencies, an ongoing economic crisis and calls for regime change from the religious community”.
“Hated in his ethnic homeland of Tigray, once his power base, and hated by the Amhara elite, the ethnic minority who previously ruled Ethiopia, Meles has ceded de facto control of his ministries to technocrats from the CIA and US State Department,” Mountain said.
"Mountain argued that the US is desperate to keep Zenawi in power as it does not have a backup plan for Ethiopia or anyone they can trust to replace him."
This is while “Zenawi knows all to well how quickly he can become expendable when it comes to the interests of Pax Americana and has made sure that the Ethiopian army has been purged of any and all who might replace him,” Mountain said.
"However, Mountain added that despite CIA's grave power inside Ethiopia the end of the Zenawi regime grows closer and with it there will be no longer “a regional power and policeman on the beat for the imperial interests of the USA”.
“So far $ 7 billion a year in western aid has kept Meles Zenawi and his army, the largest, best equipped in Africa, in power and able to do Pax Americana's dirty work in the Horn of Africa.
But with Meles gone and no pro-USA replacement waiting in the wings the options facing America will be daunting,” Mountain added.The 57-year-old Meles Zenawi, who is the head of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, has been the ruler of the African nation since 1991.
Source: Press TV
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| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and PM Meles Zenawi during the London Conference (file photo) |
In an article published on Tuesday, independent journalist Thomas C. Mountain said that the isolation surrounding Meles Zenawi grows almost by the day as he faces “more insurgencies, an ongoing economic crisis and calls for regime change from the religious community”.
“Hated in his ethnic homeland of Tigray, once his power base, and hated by the Amhara elite, the ethnic minority who previously ruled Ethiopia, Meles has ceded de facto control of his ministries to technocrats from the CIA and US State Department,” Mountain said.
"Mountain argued that the US is desperate to keep Zenawi in power as it does not have a backup plan for Ethiopia or anyone they can trust to replace him."
This is while “Zenawi knows all to well how quickly he can become expendable when it comes to the interests of Pax Americana and has made sure that the Ethiopian army has been purged of any and all who might replace him,” Mountain said.
"However, Mountain added that despite CIA's grave power inside Ethiopia the end of the Zenawi regime grows closer and with it there will be no longer “a regional power and policeman on the beat for the imperial interests of the USA”.
“So far $ 7 billion a year in western aid has kept Meles Zenawi and his army, the largest, best equipped in Africa, in power and able to do Pax Americana's dirty work in the Horn of Africa.
But with Meles gone and no pro-USA replacement waiting in the wings the options facing America will be daunting,” Mountain added.The 57-year-old Meles Zenawi, who is the head of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, has been the ruler of the African nation since 1991.
Source: Press TV
4 comments:
Ethiopia is the sick man of Africa. It has history and Christianity which should have led it to the top of Africa, but inside is poverty, its own government cheats it own poor people and tribal people who could be very useful are being asked to abandon the traditional way of life of herding cattle, instead improving them for meat and Dairy. By being associated with the west you might improve; otherwise Muslim coutries around will eat you like dry rot.. get a treatment.
I liked you comment to some extent. The change should come now. However the people of Ethiopia are wise and they want change also. It is not as you explained Ethiopians are back warded.History tells you that we have good conscience mind. Not western countries that kept the countries boundary-independence.we fought discrimination white/black and apartheid from history of human kind before westerns though about democracy. we contributed to Christianity to the world see the bible. we treat both christian and muslim equally since history-check history. Unlike the western who have still discrimination and worried the treat to Islamism. we dont have problem with ideology in Ethiopia. The only problem we faced now is our governments are not working for the people, they are for themselves-selfish ,cowards and dictators. Corruption, tribalism, repression of ideas, all are planned and executed by our won government. Especially now the government of Ethiopia lead by Meles Zenawi is damaging a lot of our history, pride, hope of development. Why Ethiopia need such a huge force in Africa whereas the people are starved and the governt individuals are getting rich by western? why the govrn want to divide and rule the country? we are unlucky in Africa specially in 21st century bcs of the western idea of terrorism. we are situated in strategic place. we need strong govern who protect the people then terrorism as his second agenda. If majority of people suffer and you have few individuals in governments hierarchic benefited, the sustainability of protecting the country as well as US ideology can not work. westerns should focus on human rights in Ethiopia first and for most. If Ethiopian people are out of the viscous circle of poverty, we know how to protect our borders and neighbors including the westerns treats.
Thomas Mountain are u sure amharas constitute the minority groups in Ethiopia? i think you know nothing about Ethiopia! try to have a pieces of fact before U try to give such dissemination particularly those having global reach.
The era of meles zenawi passed away , it was based blue Nile strategy. The blue Nile needs a new strategy that meles could not recommend . It was mistake to treat with colonialism system while it was identical with Isreal
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