The 'IC' is at its wits end because GOE and #Ethiopians are not reacting the way they expected. They keep saying there is no military solution to the crisis and yet make a non-military solution very unlikely by pushing the GOE too hard....
.....and putting its back against the wall. By refusing to condemn TPLF and pushing the GOE to engage with #TPLF, a universally reviled group in Ethiopia, they are essentially forcing the GOE to choose between the ‘IC’ and the people of #Ethiopia.
The 'IC' refused to acknowledge let alone appreciate positive moves by the GOE; making the GOE come to the natural conclusion that there is no positive to come out of complying with the demands of the ‘IC.’
These expulsions are only the beginning, the situation is inching closer and closer to a point of no return. Intimidation is not working and yet the 'IC' is 'doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.'
That is the very definition of Insanity!
Ironically, in this fateful triangle of TPLF-GOE-IC, the one party that is getting the least pressure is #TPLF; the very group that instigated the whole conflict! Meanwhile the GOE and the 'IC' are entangled in an epic diplomatic battle. Surreal!
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1/ The expulsion of the seven UN workers have sparked a lot of controversy. This thread delves into the connection of one of them, Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, with none other than Tsadkan G/Tensae.
2/ In 2011, South Sudan became the youngest nation in the world. Soon afterwards, Tsadkan, went to Juba as Security Sector Reform (SSR) advisor to the new SS government, employed by the UK Department of International Development and worked in Juba for several years.
3/ From 2011-14, Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge was Coordinator of ACCORD's South Sudan Initiative that focuses on SSR and was based in Juba!
1/ “gaslighting” refers to a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is trying to get someone else (or a group of people) to question their own reality, memory or perceptions. ...
Gaslighting is not a new invention; it has been used successfully to justify slavery, colonialism and racism to the victims themselves and now in 2021 it is being used with little subtlety to break the spirit of #Ethiopia.
2/ As part of the strategy, black journalists and politicians are being co-opted as faces of this campaign to further undermine the legitimacy of the grievance of millions of #Ethiopians who know beyond a shadow of doubt that a coordinated campaign is being employed against them.
Investigative Journalism is Dead, Long Live Investigative Journalism!
1/ On September 5, @CNN came out with a piece of 'Investigative Journalism' by one @nimaelbagir. Even by @CNN's low standards this article was atrocious, to say the least.
Many Ethiopians including me took to SM to expose CNN’s latest debacle. To put it mildly, the story was dead on arrival!👇
[Humera Massacre Debunked – I]
2/ Now, this #Ethiopian army of Tweeter sleuths (@EthioCyberia, @Eliezer, @NbaAddict & others) have exposed that the story had been revised quietly [silent-edited]on Sept 8.
1/ Dec-June
UN - Impending famine
GOE - No famine
TPLF - There is already famine
2/ June
UN - Impending famine
GOE - Humanitarian ceasefire
TPLF - Ceasefire is a joke
3/ July
UN - Aid needs to get to Tigray
GOE - We need to check the trucks
TPLF - Invade Afar
4/ August- September
UN - Aid needs to get to Tigray
GOE - Will cut number of chk points
TPLF - Will Invade Amhara & massacre civillains
5/ Sept
UN - Our trucks are missing
GOE - No backlog of trucks on the road to Tigray
TPLF - Fuel shortage, drivers refused
UN - TPLF says 'no fuel, no drivers' but road is safe
US - THERE WAS, IS AND WILL BE A DEFACTO HUMANITARIAN BLOCKADE BY GOE BECAUSE WE SAID SO!
1/ These are some of the earliest reference to 'Tigray Genocide'. Within 48 hours of the start of the war, the claim of genocide took off. (have already done a couple of threads on #TPLF & genocide as a political strategy)
The pro-#TPLF propaganda machinery understood and exploited a particular weaknesses of the liberals clinically. They exploited the mortal fear of the liberals of being accused of racism or aiding and abetting a genocide or sexual exploitation.
They understood all too well that all they needed to do was make the allegation. They harassed dissenting voices right and left. The pro-#TPLF side made great use of the fear of getting cancelled. It worked like a charm!
1/The rainy season is coming to an end. Roads will be more passable for military convoys, the skies will be clear for fighter jets & hundreds of thousands newly minted soldiers will soon be joining the frontlines.
2/ #TPLF and their allies know the end is near. #TPLF are massacring civillains as part of their plan to transform the conflict into an ethnic war and pave the ground for R2P. Their western allies are doing their best to force the government to negotiate.
3/ They started the pressure with the executive order from President Biden.
It would not be surprising if the EU/UK/UN restart heaping pressure on the GOE. The media has already restarted their campaign.