tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484576114582558212.post3879904514650295267..comments2010-07-29T04:29:31.732-07:00Comments on A.Thompson Monitor: Meet Africa's Cuba: EritreaAustin Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09415687405697129322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484576114582558212.post-78530471153840858932009-06-15T12:27:51.126-07:002009-06-15T12:27:51.126-07:00conventional wisdom is not the correct term. it is...conventional wisdom is not the correct term. it is an oppressive wisdom led of course by the west, that seeks to dictate the workings of everybody else. and those that choose not to accept, are inevitably threats. to buck this "wisdom" and still achieve success means that you must be doing something abusive or threatening to the greater global good. it seems to me that that is how its played. this was a great post. i was unaware of the success that this state has seen and i look forward to reading more.Malikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365959153372711855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484576114582558212.post-45602926507514274452009-05-23T11:46:15.043-07:002009-05-23T11:46:15.043-07:00Thanks for the article and trying to decipher thin...Thanks for the article and trying to decipher things.<br /><br />A good start will be to listen to the 30min NPR interview (link below) with the Financial times journalist Michela Wrong, about her book " I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation". It is highly recommended read to give you some understanding of what has gone before in Eritrea/ Ethiopia that lead to the current circumstances.<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4729800<br /><br />And what they don't want you to know.<br />http://www.slate.com/id/2178793/<br />http://tinyurl.com/djt9yu<br /><br />It is truly disgraceful behaviour on the parts of AU and UN that are acting as rubber stamps for all sorts of interference from outside, but happily look the other way, even cover up heinous crimes.<br /><br />Here are some links that you would not see much in the main media.<br /><br />Illegal invasion of Somalia with UN and US complicity<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VJka6q16Os <br /><br />Somalia Crisis worse than Darfur, says UN<br />http://tinyurl.com/cern3e <br /><br />Ethiopia's 'own Darfur' as villagers flee government-backed violence<br />http://tinyurl.com/ysmvtc <br /><br />Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Ogaden<br />Donors Should Act to Stop Crimes Against Humanity<br />http://tinyurl.com/cg4ygx <br /><br />"Quote from Human Rights Watch" from the report above<br />"Western governments and institutions alone, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, give at least US$2 billion in aid to Ethiopia annually, but have remained silent on the widespread abuses being committed"<br /><br />The hypocrisy is unbearable.Simon Macehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763997709053132796noreply@blogger.com