Comments on De Birhan: The two Musketeer Cousins

This is such a poorly sourced, researched, written...

2012-04-09T17:08:01.161-07:00

This is such a poorly sourced, researched, written, organized, argued, and presented article. I can not believe Jawar Mohammed posted it on his FB page. It is full of factual errors that one can not take it seriously even if one is able to make it past the disorganized writing that is also full of disparate and unrelated stories and information. Please, do not write for writing sake. At least, hold off until you are sure of your facts and definition of concepts like ethnicity, nation, state etc. If you can't be sure, please indicate it. For example, anyone can easily find out that Isaias and Meles have no blood relations although they both have relatives in both countries. Then, the writer says they both lead different ethnicities which does not follow from his/her assertion on their familial relation. The fact is Isaias and Meles do not have different ethnicities. They both belong to the same Tigrinya speaking ethnicity that is on both sides of the border. Now, one can make a credibly solid case on the rivalry between the Tigrinya speaking people on both sides of the border and the two organizations (EPLF and TPLF) that have lead their political struggle since the 1970's. The rivalry between Isaias and Meles is non- existent or extremely weak at best. Beyond the fact that Meles is of a different generation, he does not share the Superiority/Inferiority- complex some hard-line TPLF guys (like Siye Abraha) display in relation to Shaebia guys in the north. There are well researched books on the subject by such Professors as Tekeste Negash, Harold Marcus etc. Among the reasons are economic, organizational, as well as normal secession related complexities that follow from the coming about of a new nation. If such separations are not carefully handled and planned for, they can result in violent conflicts; which was what we witnessed in 1998.

TPLF is building Railway from Mekele to Djbouti. ...

2012-04-09T09:37:56.929-07:00

TPLF is building Railway from Mekele to Djbouti.

http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=844:people-centered-government-&catid=37:interview&Itemid=61

In 1625 d'Artagnan, a poor young nobleman, lea...

2012-04-08T07:02:09.498-07:00

In 1625 d'Artagnan, a poor young nobleman, leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris, with the intention of joining the Musketeer of the Guard.

However, en-route, at an inn in Meung-sur-Loire, d'Artagnan overhears an older man making jokes about his horse and, feeling insulted, demands to fight a duel with him. The older man's companions beat d'Artagnan unconscious with sticks and break his sword; his Letter of introduction to Monsieur de Tréville, the commander of the Musketeers, is stolen. D'Artagnan resolves to avenge himself upon the man, who is later revealed to be the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu, who is in Meung to pass orders from the Cardinal to Milady de Winter, another of his agents.

In Paris, d'Artagnan visits de Tréville at the headquarters of the Musketeers, but the meeting is overshadowed by the loss of his letter and de Tréville refuses his application to join. From de Tréville's window, d'Artagnan sees Rochefort passing in the street below and rushes out of the building to confront him, but in doing so he separately causes offense to three of the Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who each demand satisfaction; D'Artagnan must duel each of them in turn that afternoon.

this only some fact on the ground tigray is like t...

2012-04-07T05:41:16.989-07:00

this only some fact on the ground tigray is like taiwan or singapore compared to eritrea. the tplf is singly helping his people and tigray.

A lady called Aster speaking to the Author says “E...

2012-04-06T08:55:27.616-07:00

A lady called Aster speaking to the Author says “Eretria will be like Singapore or Taiwan” p.18. Was Aster meaning Tigray.kkkkk? joking.

Melkam Fasika

2012-04-06T06:12:57.427-07:00

Melkam Fasika