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Horn of Africa: All eyes on defiant Ethiopia Hands off compliant EritreaEditorial: Team EritreaDaily.net 14-Jan-04 The Horn of Africa
is experiencing diplomatic race The British,
German, and UN reps. are all in place Their mission
cannot go yonder and other Than to
reemphasize UNSC’s recent letter Urging Ethiopia to
abide by border decision For there is no
alternative to the commission There is no crisis
but Ethiopia’s defiance For Eritrea is and
has been in compliance And the world
stands by border ruling Except for
Ethiopia’s defiant brawling So, all eyes on
defiant Ethiopia And hands off
compliant Eritrea It’s over with the
talk show Time to enforce
rule of law What is Eritrea to
do beyond compliance? Join the camp of
Ethiopia in its defiance? Politics is dirty,
but rule of law is clear Societal normalcy,
or anarchy and fear A question Horn
diplomats must answer It’s not about
Eritrea, Ethiopia or border Ethiopia rulers’
problems with their nation Is of their own
making and machination Can’t blame
Eritrea or border commission But their failed
policies and administration It’s okay to make
up for Ethiopia’s legal blow But there’s no
substitute for the rule of law Dispute not about
location of one geographic entity Ethiopia
challenged Eritrea’s border in its entirety That some town
falls within Eritrea Does not mean it
disfavors Ethiopia It’s a mere
consequence of legal delimitation Which has nothing
to do with towns’ location And in that sense Without pretense The decision did
not favor any one either way Ethiopia defies it
because it didn’t go its way It is not Burger
King, Ethiopia can’t have its way Break Ethiopia’s
defiance if rule of law is to stay For all starters
and all new entry A recap of
stone-age pre-history There was once
upon a very, very long time When conquer &
conquest was at its prime A feudal stretch
of land called Abyssinia Today down to what
is known as Ethiopia That is still
living in the era of feudalism Killed dead and
deader by colonialism It claimed land
stretching from Egypt to S. Africa Now wallowing in
dreams about creating a replica Colonialism
created modern geopolitical entities Which the world
accepted as irreversible realities Creating
landlocked Ethiopia Giving rise to
coastal Eritrea Ethiopia in denial
about colonial consequences Now sought to undo
Eritrea using all its forces 2 years of war and
international intervention Forced Ethiopia to
agree to legal arbitration Both signed to
abide by ruling of the agreement UN guaranteed to
enforce ruling without argument Court announced
its verdict in one instance Eritrea complied,
Ethiopia declared defiance Ethiopia began
singing Abyssinian dialogue Blues Alternative
mechanism contrary to border truce 18 months and
couldn’t win one single country World stood by
ruling of commission of boundary Finally, UNSC
killed Abyssinia’s dialogue blues No alternative
mechanism, tightened the noose Said final &
binding nature in no uncertain meaning Called upon
Ethiopia to comply with border ruling Horn diplomats
must make that to their mission Guide Ethiopia to
compliance with the commission And submission to
the rule of law Upon which world can
go high or low All the diplomatic
ballet in the Horn Must see Ethiopia’s
defiance is torn Yes, all eyes on
defiant Ethiopia Leave alone
compliant Eritrea |