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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka - Ethiopia: An Axis of Failure?

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Wednesday, 05 September 2007
Sri Lanka has found a likely partner in Ethiopia to contribute to each other's civil wars and further drag their own communities into eternal underdevelopment. Both the government of Sri Lanka and that of Ethiopia are engaged in a vociferous battle to like Norway, listed by the United Nations as the most developed country in the world with international arms smuggling. Norway which is far better known for its peace initiatives around the world does not come to many people's mind as a leader in arms smuggling, analysts say, noting that both the failed states have an uphill task.

Recently Sri Lanka accused the Norway of providing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with arms and training.

Likewise Ethiopia has accused Norway of undermining its national security by providing support for Eritrea a country that recently gained independence from Ethiopia after 30 years of bloody civil war.

Now both Ethiopia and Sri Lanka are involved in accusing Eritrea and the LTTE of providing weapons and training to each other with the support of Norway.

To this end, the Jimma Times, a chauvinist war-mongering organ has in a column dated 03 September accused the LTTE, Eritrea and Norway of forming an Axis of Evil to undermine sovereign states.

Analysts say that it is simply a case of two failed states thinking alike. They also say that there is very little chance of the two countries' claims being taken seriously on the international stage.
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mathew said:

You guys are a load of crap! You will never win the war! cz you have no man power! at least you had ! international help now that is sinking too! too bad fella's you guys have to find a new job.
2007-09-05 13:05:43

Hagos said:

The most surprise thing is the acosion of Eritrea and Norway in smugling arms to the Sirilanka rebal by the USA adminsitration. First everybody should have clear understund how Eritrea helps the rebal groups, as both countries found in a very different location of the worl. this is really insalt to the Sirilanka gavernment by the US administration.The so called Terrorist campagen by the Dictator US admistration is only used as caver to coloins by force small countries and controling the resorces of these countries. If there is terrorist group in the world, that group is the US admistration group. The US adminstration have many records in history how they terrories people of the world in order to control all the world resorces. The most serious crime in the world carried out by the Dictator Rigem in the USA. This dictator regim creats very dangerous atmospher in the world.But i am sure this regim will go to hell as Hitler and Mosolini. I can't compair American crimes with the one commited by hiteler. I found that the crime committed by the CIA and othe American officals are very sever and uncompairable with those committed by other regimes. Therefor the Sirilank gavernment should focus on the US agenda inorder to live in peace the American don't evern care about Siriclank.The main objective of the US administration is to control the resources of Sirilank as they do in Ethiopia.
2007-09-05 13:38:56

kemal said:

It sounds this so called analysist direct from either from Ertriea or from Norway itself.First of all what does it mean failed state?.Ethiopia with its 81 million
population and more than 10 million well educated Manpower one of the leading country in Africa.
Norway and Ertirea together with their less than 8 Million people is not normal attempting to destablize Ethiopia.Ethiopia makes its best by its praud Ethiopians.
2007-09-05 14:23:11

david said:

you must be joking.

LTTE is known as an international terrorist organization fighting sri lanka government.
2007-09-05 14:58:10

abdella said:

i am sure the writer of the article is crazy or he don't know Ethiopia at all.May be he confused to differenciat Ethiopia and Eritrea or don't know what a faild state is .No body can say(for normalperson)Ethiopia is faild state.Ethiopia is one of fast growing country in Africa without oil with a population of more than 81 million among them more than 50% young population.If you want to say Eritrea is a faild state I do agree with you that means if you are non-crazy.
2007-09-05 17:32:46

Stiven said:

I have to agree on this one ETHIOPIA IS A FAILED STATE, this country has been shame to other other African states, Ethiopian unlike Kenya Egypt or even sudan is much poorer and its known to the world wide by hunger war and stupid leaders.......... its stupid leaders have been been wasting millions worth of aid on war with its smallest neghbeur Eritrea. Eritrea with its small population seems to be doing much better than Ethiopia...... ETHIOPIA NEEDS WISE LEADERSHIP
2007-09-05 20:34:28

David said:

This is the best article ever writen since the crazy news started to circulate around the cyber-space. No one with a clear picture of what is happening in that poor country - Ethiopia would take the news seriously. As the Eritrean President once said, "even when there is to much salt in the food Ethiopans eat, it is Eritreans fault". Yes, keep pointing at Eritrea for your failed statehood! I hope people in Sri Lanka are smrter the the Etiopians.
2007-09-05 21:04:09

Wedi 9 Mhatsen said:

Very well written article. Straight to the point. We do ideoligically sympathize with the Tamile Tigers but thats where it ends. It is impossible and unneccessary for us to aid a group thats proven itself more than a match to the Sri-lankan arny, the same way EPLF was to Ethiopia. I wish u luck in your endeavours and this nonsense coming from the Ethiopians and Americans is exactly what it is, nonsense. We've heard it all befor and then some.
Victory to the masses!
2007-09-05 21:49:26

R.Gnanaratnam said:

IF sri Lankans /GOSL think they are smarter than Ethiopia it would never have had a war with its own people.

They call sri Lanka a sovereign State but the GOSL lashes at its own people bringing in laws to punish the Tamils.Too bad and Too late now.
2007-09-05 22:06:39

kebede said:

Dear Stiven first you have to understand what you are writting. Ethiopia is agreat nation. shame for what shame for being the only country in Africa for not colonalized. you got to understand that Ethiopia is the only black nation which showed the rest of black african that the white power can be punished. ethiopia is the one which establish AAU, lig of nations and later the UN. where were your country at that time may be kissing the ass of your white colony. look every nation and its people are great but the whole africans are messed up due to its crazy leaders. i am an ethiopian i love my brothers the ertrean and the whole black african
God bless Africa
2007-09-06 05:58:07

Wedi Denden said:


Without a shred of doubt, Ethiopia is a failed state. The homeless, beggars, anarchy and lawlessness, the war in every corner of the country (Ethiopia) and the killing its people each other is indeed a plain testimony of the current affair of the bleakness of Ethiopia, the country that is heading into the deep shallow of an abyss. Hence, the Ethiopians should wake up and save their country from the Woyane�s clique minority regime who does not represent Ethiopia�s interest, he is there doing what the CIA tell him to do and he is doing it for his own sake not for the majority Ethiopians. Thus, the Ethiopians could not save their country from this evil clique, sooner or later; we will see a wholly botched Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa.
2007-09-06 14:32:22

chris said:

this is the craziest article i have ever read. if there is any failed state it is Eritrea.Eritrea do not even have a single free media and opposition party.is this a sign of democracy? ethiopia on the other hand is going through big positive changes both on development and democracy.SHAME ON YOURSELF "STIEVEN"and"DAVID" .if you want to see the new ethiopia go and visit,it is a nation which has it's own alphabet,calender and rich culture.and for the eritrean war mongerRING leaders and supporters what i have to say is "mind your own bussissness" cause Ethiopia is on the right track to accomplish the millenium goals set by the UN.i would like to say to all ethiopians , Afrians,and Jamaicans happy ETHIOPIAN MILLENIUM.Eritreans wake up and say that's enough to your leader.GOD BLESS EVERY BODY.
2007-09-06 20:51:54

Wedi Red Sea said:

I fully agree there is no failed state but Ethiopia. I have nothing against Ethiopian people. They have suffered at the hands of evil leaders like Meles and Haile Selassie who always think negatively about their people and neighbouring countries like Eritrea and Somalia. They have put their confidence in Western support instead of their people. "Failed state" is what they have reaped.

Feel sorry for the people, though
Wedi Red Sea
2007-09-07 09:39:14

awate said:

ethiopia is definiatly a failed state. without the support of the donnor-community it will not survive a single day. i cant longer hear the bla bla ethiopa has a long tradition ethiopia has that or that. this all are mythology. ethiopia is a bad example for africa. ethiopia is dependent on aid. so ethiopians please open your eyes and see the reality. you was allways a puppet of the the great power.
2007-09-08 13:32:16

Sunimal Alles said:

Dear All,
I have been reading all blogs that are being placed. I have worked in African countries for around 25 years. Some of them became failed states but INTELLIGENTLY, some of them are restarting (Eg. Liberia and Rwanda) the people of DR Congo (Zaire) are cursed as their country is very rich in minerals. But most people in all of these countries regret the actions they did to become failed states. In Sri Lanka, we have to decide what to do, it is true that there were intimidations in the past that led to militants taking arms to voice their protest, but is it going to help us to continue in this way to be PRIMITIVE and behave like Pre-Historic beings ?. Killing each other? We have to look who benefits if Sri Lankans Kill each other ?? I feel that all Sri Lankans should be wiser and learn lessons from all the failed states and correct their faults and move forward. If not the NGOs, exploiters and arms salespersons will get rich, we will become poor, have maimed people in hospitals and no country. THINK Wisely my Sri Lankans, violence will always be retaliated with violence, but I like to see who will be the WISEST and intelligent to take the step to say, OK we stop fighting, let us re-build our Nation, we need each other, We produce in the south and north, we sell to each other, We have hotels in the south, north and east, so everyone gets a 33% share. But if we have borders or wars, nothing will work, as tourists seek secure places to go on holiday. We "ordinary Sri Lankans" can shape our future and ell our leaders that we prefer to be rich and prosperous, rather than poor and displaced/destitute. Nobody wins in war, maybe somebody's EGO will be nurtured nothing else. Over to you!
2007-09-09 21:29:28

fabrix said:

i grew up in eritrea and know very well eritreans and ethiopians. the only failed state is eritrea with his regime a war mongering with all his neighbours, arresting , torturing, killing his own people asking for democracy, his people escape to sudan, libya and reach italian coast by incredible inhumane last hope boats. a regime with no political ideology, with no accountable accountancy, no opposition parties allowed, failed economy, the only source of income in this period is to harbour terrorist and destabilize the horn of africa by any means, instead ethiopia has long history and culture and own identity with 80 mil people is doing very well with its economy compared to eritrea with 3.5 mil of population. i only ask you to have a quick visit to eritrea and ethiopia, you will definitly change in positive to ethiopia and in negative eritrea.
2007-09-17 18:52:20

eritrea said:

oh cry baby eritreans!! eritrea is the failed state.it tried to stand up but failed!! a state with no economy but a lot of rhetoric and ego! your ego was last flattened as i remember....yeah in 2000 when your asses were kicked out of our soverign territories. yeah i know defeat is a bitter pill to swallow and all the desputed territories are under our control.now this failed state has resorted to terror sponsoring like other rogue regimes trying to appease their deflated egos.a tiny nation with no economy practically living with the handout from the diaspora ,
the state sponsoring terror while the half the youth in the trenches and the other half fleeing for their lives through the desert... now thats is a FAILED STATE BY ALL ACCOUNT! adios amigos!
2007-09-17 22:28:30

Justice said:

I dont think Norway supplies arms to Tamils indirectly through Eritrea. On the other hand, Eritrean leaders are evil enough to channel aid into arms & direct that to the Tamils. However, there is this missing link to justify the real cause behind. Whatever the case in that part of the world, i believe that Eritrea works very hard to destabilize Ethiopia, break it up into pieces if possible and get rid of the threat of a real potential that ethiopian nationalists will go for Eritrea sooner or later. Beides that, the failed state theory of Ethiopia is a wishful thinking of those who cant even call themselves a nation yet because they are too young & too artificial to claim that. History shows that some nations were formed and went extinct in less than a century. Ethiopia, though poor lives & lives & lives with all the pride, uniqueness... & also problems. Some African brothers dont appreciate that because their ego doesn't allow history that favours other to pride. Fact is nobody can change history by destorting it.
2007-09-18 04:25:45

Teferi said:

god bless u all
2007-09-18 09:11:14

justice said:

For those Eritreans like Wedi red sea or Awate; i wish you care for your own domain than be possesed by Ethiopia. As a recent congress report indicates, your nation is very much worried about its survival that you are on an absolute alert since 2000. While Ethiopians build up economy and prosper since recenly, your nation is proceeding in the direction of the "stone age". Isaias commanded your movement with the help of all the Arab world and all anti-ethiopia forces & the same commander will lead you to your demise. Wake up & dont blame it all on Ethiopia. Besides that a small dusty town at a boarder point is not worth wasting thousands of lives. Time will heal all problems if carried out with patience. I personally dont think that Badme is a good reason to fight for. Specially between two nations like Ethiopia & Eritrea. There are no other people in he area that have so much in common, share same culture, religions & history. The irony is that Meles saved you fom extinction in the last war. Nationalist ethiopian forces were on their way to Asmara & that would have been the end of the inflated eritrean ravery.
2007-09-18 15:53:54

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