Response to Lahra Smith, U.S. Engagement in Ethiopia and the Horn of

          Africa

        If people are arrogant and shallow, we have the duty tell them that they are

        arrogant and shallow, otherwise they will continue bullying us.  Ms or Mr

        Lahra Smith, I personally request you to leave my country alone. No one is

        entitled to kill people. I personally have opposed the Ethiopian mission in

        Somalia from the very beginning due to the fact It did not make any sense to me to  go

        into Somalia instead of going to Asmara.

       Shabia has been arming, training,... the Islamic Court, countless

       rebells from Ethiopia.  It has been Shabia which has been

       bombing Ethiopian cities, hotels, taxi,... all over country. It has

       been Shabia which has promised to dismantle Ethiopia.  However

       Shabia has an endorsement from the honorable Prime Minister of

       Ethiopia to kill Ethiopians.

       The islamic courts never did what Shabia has done to Ethiopians.  They only

       made an empty talk show that they will invade Ethiopia.  Though they boasted

       to invade Ethiopia, they did not have the capacity  to invade Ethiopia

       without the help of shabia.  If there is no mystery between the Prime Minister

       of  Ethiopia and shabia, the right thing to  do was to deal with Shabia the real

      enemy of Ethiopia once for all. Ethiopians have been begging the prime

      Minister  to do something about Shabia.

      Nonetheless, prime minister Meles Zenawi has rejected  the  pleas of the

       plea to deal with Shabia.  He insisted the islamic court was a real threat to

       Ethiopia. Ethiopians opposed the move to Somalia.  Now Ethiopia has made

       good enemy for itself for eternity and Shabia has got an eternal partner.

       Now Ethiopians are immersed in war that will leave Somalians bitter to

       eternity against Ethiopia.

      So it be, Lahra Smith condemns Ethiopian government for going to Somalia

     and accuses Ethiopian government for human right abuses ,so and so forth.

     What Lahra Smith has completely  failed to see is the human right abuse at her

     own  back yard.

     Americans  have  been killing Civilians since the time they occupied Iraq up to

     now and looting their resources too.  . For the Iraqis that is not a blessing.  It is

     beyond human right abuse, it is inhumanity. Nevertheless, Lahra Smith has

     blind  eyes to see what her country has been doing to the Iraqis and she has

     deaf ear not to hear what has been happening to the Iraqis. She has no a sense

      of humanity to the Iraqis, but she has  a sense of humanity to Somalian and

      Ethiopians.  She or he telling us without any shame that Americans are the

    stewards of human right.

    Are not  the Iraqi human beings? Do not they deserve freedom, the reverence of

     life to live? Are Ethiopians and Somalians better human than the Iraqis?  What

     can make American political leaders like Lahra Smith humanitarian? Does it

     matter whether a human being is killed by an American or Ethiopian?

    Lahra Smith is jealous of Ethiopian regional hegemony, but she is not critical of

    her country's  global hegemony.  Does Lahra Smith think we are stupid and have

    no any brain to apply our brain?

    Lahra Smith calls Ethiopians shortsighted for opposing Ethiopia to be

    neo-colonized .  Lahra Smith, what qualifies you to govern Ethiopia from

   the white  house?  Do you know Ethiopia is  as mighty as America?  Do you

   believe it?

It is our ancestors who defeated colonizers with machetes, picks, axes,.... We do not need guided  missiles and unmanned satellites, Migs,.... to protect ourselves. We do not values ourselves and our strengths by money. Our humanity and strength is measured by who we are and by our faith and determination.

   Though you have an inspiration to colonize Ethiopia, it will remain a dream in

   your life.  If you ever do that we will draft a law in Addis Ababa to rule America

   Then it will be tit for tat.

   If you tell us we are shortsighted for opposing megalomaniac adventure to

   colonize Ethiopia.  We must tell you that you are not only shortsighted, but you

    totally blind and deaf.

   If you want to clean our house, you need to clean your house first. It does not

   make any sense cleaning somebody's house while ones own house is dirty and

   filthy.  We are not double minded and doubled hearted.  We know alliance

   with you does not hold water due to the fact you  actually do not

   care about humanity except about your earthly interest.  It has been told it the

    Americans who creates monsters on this planet.  Saddam was created by

    Americans, Bin Laden was created by America, Mbotu Sesko  and many other

    dictators on the planet was created by America. Even Issayas Afeworki of

    Eritrea  has been created by the Americans.  It  was them who funded Issayas

    Afeworki for  30 years immersing the same people in an endless bloodshed.

 It is the Americans who landlocked my country and Lahra Smith now to add an insult to an injury,  she or he telling me she wants a law to govern Ethiopia from Washington.  The day you do that I will join Bin Laden against your country.

  In conclusion, you need to take our the beam in your own eye before you

 contemplate take out the speak in my eye.  Then I will join you if you talk about

  human right.  Otherwise it does not make any sense at all.

   Haben Kiros