Time is up for dictators

Written on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 4:07 am by ethioforum

Joe Michael - 13 nov. 2008 – The historical U.S. election is now over by electing Barack Obama as the 44th President. The landslide victory goes beyond making history. Obama’s administration is set to bring definite change for the entire world. It is a dream comes true for millions of Americans who have never thought to see this day. It is also a hope for so many people and governments around the world who have been devastated by the wars and the economic crisis.

On the other hand, the victory came as a shock for some stonehearted dictators around the world who have been killing and torturing their own people.

Obama’s victory is a stop sign for brutal leaders like the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who took advantage of the ‘war on terrorism’ to kill and torture his political opponents. While the Bush administration considered Zenawi as a close ally, he is better known for torturing, arresting, and killing his political opponents. In what was called the cruelest and disturbing political techniques of the 21st century, more than 193 people, including women and children were gunned down by the government special armed forces post 2005 election, and more than 25,000 opposition members were arrested.

The Ethiopian government is continually arresting its opponents and journalist that question its act of violence. Several people are still remaining in jail in a systematic arrest including the famous singer Teddy Afro, who criticized the government through one of his prominent music’s.

Like most African dictators, Meles Zenawi has been Ethiopia’s Head of State for more than 18 years. With Obama swearing in, America will have its fourth president since Meles Zenawi became Ethiopia’s head of state.

As President Elect Obama is looking forward to take over the Oval Office on January 20th, the entire world is enthusiastically waiting to see a number of policy changes. The U.S. foreign policy will be one of the new President’s priorities that are set to be changed. Countries like Ethiopia will have to prove their democracy in order to remain as the United States allies. Undoubtedly, time is up for dictators who have been dancing with the stars in the name of the war on terrorism. They like it or not, change is coming.

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  • 26 Responses to “Time is up for dictators”

    1. Truth Says:

      we have been saying the same thing Mr Michael. Change is a round the corner!

      M. Kezenawi is awfully desprate that, he dare to sent his loyalist pig cadres to monitor the 08 US election.

      Kezenawi is so desprate that he turns to his old “terrorism” card game right after the US election in a futile attempt to get attention(and is detaining innocent civilians that he considers potential threats)!

      Kezenawi is immensly desprate and dont know what to do about the change that is waiting to happen in a matter of days!

      Death to tigray-woyane loyalists

    2. Nebil Says:

      hahahahahahahahahahaha …. thanks for the laughs . . i really needed that this morning . . . what kind of confused dispora habesha is using a white man’s name to write garbage article about our dear leader ? get lost and in case just in case u r indded white..than stay out of our business….. Insulting a leader who is hugelay popular back home won’t get you anywhere . . . . that ’s what the white man is well known for…whereever a leader is liked and loved by its people, they like to stick their noses out..oh well…not now buddy…

      viva PM MELES

    3. Guenet Says:

      Nebil,

      If you want to know if Meles is loved by his people, just go out on the street of any city in Ethiopia, and do your own survey.

    4. doro Says:

      ማጠፊያዉ አጠረ ይባላል: አሜሪካ ፖሊሲዉን በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ክቀየረ
      የዘንድሮው ነገር እንደምን ቀንቶኛል;
      ባሏም ቆላ ወርዶ ዉሻዉም ለምዶኛል;
      አባባ እያለ ልጁም ይስመኛል;
      እንደዉ ቅብርር ቅብርር ጅንን ያረገኛል ::
      የሚለዉን የጉሮ ወሽባ ዘፈን እንዘፍናለን

    5. Tes Says:

      PM Meles will serve the next election term as a prime minister.
      When he getting older he consolidate Hailegebreselassie as a prime Minster of Ethiopia and handed the political power to him.
      few diaspora dont waste your time on a keyboard for nothing.

    6. zebenaye Asefa Says:

      አዲስ ነጉሰ እንጀ ለእውት መች መታ any way we are very happiy that ppl are not kild any more if i am a primminster i will do the same thing to survie evn bush clinton exera extera all the world leders kild ppl the diffrent is melese kild on the stret on day light amrica will kill at night so my vuntery man please lets move on for the next paragraph sorriy ppl dielife nedd to go on please dont look buck lets work togather for one ethiopia i live to see hailegebreselase as prime minister hahahahha who is going to run for olompic abebe bekila?

    7. Bitu Says:

      The shameless PM is to remain in the office while America gets its fourth President since 1991…

      Shame on you Zenawi, you are educated, but you are always backward and uncivilized.

    8. helen Says:

      It is realy amazing to witness dictators like Essayas and Zenawi telling thier peolple that they are the only individuals who qualify to lead thier countries. It this 19th century or what?

    9. Asamenew Says:

      እረ ለመሆኑ እዚህ እየመጡ የሚያፏጩት የወያኔ ቡችላዎች ይሄ አገር ሻጪ ባንዳ ቡድን ጥሩ ነው ብለው ነው? ወይስ የሚያገኛትን ፍርፋሪ ለመልቀም ነው? ትግሬ ነን የሚሉንስ የትግራይ ህዝብ ህሊና የለውም ላገኘው ሁል አገር ይሸጣል ነው የሚሉን?

      መቼም ወይ ባንዳ ካልሆነ ወይ ህሊና የሌለው ሆዳም እብድ ካልሆነ ወይ ደግሞ እንደሻቢያ ተቀጣሪ መርስነሪ ካልሆነ ኢትዮጵያዊ የሆነ ሰው ወያኔ ጥሩ ነው የሚል የለም::

      ግን እዚህ የሚመጡ የወያኔና የሻቢያ ቅጥረኞች ያቺው ያለሟትን የቅጥረኛነት አላማቸውን ለመምታት ሲፈራገጡ ማይት ትልቅ ትምህርት ነው::

      ወገን ተጠንቀቅ አገር እንጠብቅ እነኚህ ሃገር ሻጮች እንቅልፍ አይተኙም አገራችንን ሳያጠፉ; እንደጣሊያን ባንዳ አገር ሸጠው ይዘፍናሉ አልፈውም ሳያፍሩ አፋቸዉን ይክፍታሉ; እረ ለመሆኑ አገር ሸጦ አይነ ደረቅ የተ አገር አል? ይህ ሁሉ የሚነግረን እነኚህ ቅጥረኞች ልክ በፋሺስት ግዜ እንደነበሩት ሳይሽጡንና አገራችንን ሳያጠፉ አይተኙም::

      ሌላው መጠንቀቅ ያለብን ያደረጉት ወንጅል አልብቃ ብሏቸው ድጋሚ እርስ በእርስ ሊያጋጩን ሰልጥነው ካድሬዎች ተሰማርትዋል; በተለያየ ስምና በተለያየ ዘዴ እዚህ እየመጡ ያጋጫሉ; አይናችንንና ጆሮዋችንን ከፍተን እንከታተል; የቅጥረኞች እድሜን እናሳጥር::

      እስቲ ልብ ያልው ወያኔ ካለ ለምን በነፍስ ወጥቶ ወያኔ ነኝ አይልም ተደብቆ ህዝብ የሚያጋጨው?

      ወያኔ ይወድማል ቅጥረኞቹም ዋጋቸውን ያገኛሉ ሁላችንምም መረጃ እንሰብስብ ካድሬዎች እንዳያመልጡ::

    10. oboo biqila Says:

      አገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በ ደደቢት ዲሞክራሲ ስም የ መጣባትን ከ ደርግ ኢሰፓ የባሰው የወያኔ ኢሃዲግ ዘረኛ መንግስት እኔ ከሞትኩ ሰርዶ አይብቀል የሚል ፈሊጥ ይዞ ለሃያ አመታት ያህል ሲወላቸፍና ሲደናገር እያየነው ነው::በነዚህ አመታት ሁሉ አጥጋቢ የሆነ ስራ ሳይሰራ አገሪትዋን በዘርና በጎሳ ሲከፋፍል ቆይቶ :በዘጠና ሰባቱ ምርጫ በህዝብ ላይ ባደረሰው ከፍተኛ ጭፍጨፋና የ ምርጫ ውጤት ዘረፋ ምክኒያት ከውጭ አለቆቹ በደረሰው የማስጠንቀቂያ ደውል ;ስልጣኑን እንደሚለቅም ነግሮናል::ለዚህም ነው አቶ መለስ እስከ ባለቤቱ በውጭና በአገር ውስጥ ለሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን አገሪትዋን ለውጠናል የሚል ፈሊጥ በመያዝ ከካድሬዎቹና ከ ቡችሎቹ ጋር በመሆን ውዥንብር ሊፈጥር የሚሞክረው:: የ ወያኔ ፖለቲካ በአሁኑ ሰአት ድሮም ቢሆን በጣም ኤለመንተሪና ተራ ከመሆኑ የተነሳ አይደለም በ እድሜ ከፍ ያሉትን ቀርቶ ህጻናትንም እንደማያሳምን ሊያውቁት በተገባ ነበር::ነገር ግን አዋቂያቸው አንድ ሰው ሆነና ይህንን ነገር በደንብ ሳይረዱት ቀሩ :: ለመሆኑ የትኛው አገር ዲሞክራሲ ተከታይአገር እና መሪ ነው አገሩን ለሃያ አመታት ሳያቅዋርጥ የመራው? በየትኛው አለም? ውሸት ሲዋሽ እኮ አይነት አለው::የወያኔ ውሸት ግን……እይ እይ እይ እይ እይ እይ መጥኔ

    11. hanna Says:

      እንደምን አላችሁ:: መለስ ዜናዊ ስልጣኑን ከለቀቀ: እኔ በ እግሬ ኢትዪጵያ እገባለሁኝ::

    12. Betii Says:

      እዝህ ላይ Nebil ብለህ ከላይ አስተያየት የጻፍከው የወያኔ ጋሻ ጃግሬ[ቡችላ እንዳልልህ ; ከወያኔ ቡችላ ስለምትሻል ነው] አስታወክ አስታወክና በስተመጨረሻም yes we can ብለህ አረፍከው:: እንዴ ለወያኔ የማይቻለው ምን ነገር አለ? ኮሮጆ ግልበጣው; ሰው መረሸኑ; ማሰሩ ; ማስፈራራቱ; እንዴ ምን ጥርጥር አለው ;አዎ ትችላላችሁ:: መግደልም መስረቅም ማሰርም ትችላላችሁ::አየተናችህዋል::እንደገና በትልቁ ጻፈው ::እንደው በመለስ ሞት ይዠሃለሁኝ::

    13. BIG_BOY FROM D.C Says:

      Nebil VIVA my friend you are always well come here in this room. you are doing good against the bulshit YEDERG BUCHULOCH. they have no future any where they are geting OLD they are almost above 65 years old they have only 5 or 6 years to be with their neftegna leaders in the HELL.
      I always love to see you in this room & tell the backward neftegnas the truth nathing but the whole truth. keep coming bro.
      DEATH TO ALL OLD POLETITIANS AND HOPLESSES IN THE REFUGEE CAMP ACROSS THE GLOB. VIVA KUBUR PM.MELES ZENAWI YOU ARE ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATES LEADER. ETHIOPIA HAS NEVER SEEN BEFOR LIKE YOU. MAY GOD BLESS PM ZENAWI.

    14. falk Says:

      Bitu! Zenawi is not an educated person, the only he was learnt in the Bush stalinism,Marxism.. and He left the medical fuculty in luck of understanding desreted to the Bush and studiying the evil-DEvil ideology Maxist-Leninst league. If you get the position you can pretend as an educated (LEMENAGERMA AHYAM MELAS ALAT GEN TEZA TILISBETALECH).

    15. MIMI Says:

      falk. zenawi is the first educated leader ethiopia has never seen befor.
      PLS don’t fight to cover the reality. if meles is not educated then who do you think educated? EMEYE MILILIK OR UR TEKLIL TEFERY MOKONEN OR THE BIG BULL MENGESTU ADGI_MARIAM?; NONE of them R better than our smart leader PM.M.Z ; we know most of our ppl are well educated & well civlaized NOW than ever befor. but of corse there are a lot of jelous NEFTEGNAS against our smart leader.so who cares about back ward NEFTEGNA?;

    16. Belete Says:

      mimi=agazi= what not! If Meles were educated, he should not have stayed on power when people refused his leadership. When people say, “we dont want you, you are not our leader” he should have listened. He is really deaf as this is for those uneducated people. Why is he there on power for one generation (20 years)?

      We believe in change and he should change too. By the way, you need change!!!

    17. Betii Says:

      big boi Agazi Nebil mimi እኔ ብዙም ክርክር አልወድም:: ጥረትህ ህዋላ ቀር ነው::ብዙ ሰው ወያኔን እንደሚደግፍ ለማስመሰል የተለያዩ ስሞችህን ትጠቀማለህ:: ለመሆኑ አለቃህ መለስ ዜናዊ የትኛው ትምህርት ቤት እንደተማረ ንገረን እስቲ? 4 ኪሎ ቤተመንግስት ከገባ በህዋላ ነው አስተማሪ በግሉ ቀጥሮ ለመማር የሞከረው::አገር ማስተዳደር ማለት በመማር ባለመማር አይደለም::ከልብህ ቅን መሆን ብቻ ነው የሚጠበቅብህ:: ቢል ክሊንተን ባራክ ኦባማ እንዲሁም የተለያዩ መሪዎችን መጥቀስ ይቻላል::እመነኝ ምንይልክ ወይም ሃይለስላሴ ሳይማሩ ላገራቸው የሰሩትን ሰራ ; 4 ኪሎ ቤተመንግስት ከገባ ብህዋላ ከተማረው መለስ መቶ በሁለት መቶ ይበልጣል::በምንይልክ ግእዜ ; ነጻ ገበያ ነበር;የግል ፕሬስ ነበር; የግል ካንፓኒዎች ነበሩ ባንኮች የተለያዩ አሁን የምናያቸው ነገሮች ሁሉ በዚያን ጊዜ ነበሩ::እንግዲህ እሳቸው አልተማሩም:: ተማረ የተባለውን መለስን ያስተማሩት አጼው እንደነበሩ ልብ በል::ባንዳ ሆኖ ቀረ እንጂ::እንግሊዘኛ እየተንተፋተፈ መናገሩ; የመማሩ ምልክት ከሆነ ; ፍርዱን ለሌላ ሰው እተወዋለሁ::ለ አንድ አገር መሪ ለመማር ለማወቅ ምልክቱ; ህዝቦቹን ሲያፋቅር ;ህዝቦቹን በዘር ሳይከፋፍል; የ አገሩን ሉአላዊነት ሲጠብቅ: ለዜጎቹ ዘርና ቀለም ሳይለይ የስራ እድል ሲከፍት; በጦርነት ማመን ሲተው….የመሳሰሉት ነው::የ ብሄረሰቦችን ስም በተናጥል እየጠሩ አንዱን ነፍጠኛ ሌላውን ጠባብ ;አንዱን አገር የሌለህ ጥገኛ ሌላውን ደግሞ ቦዘኔ ጨለምተኛ የሚል ሰውን ነው ተማረ የምትለው?የ አገሩን ባህር በር እና ድንበር ለሌላ አገር በሻጥር አሳልፎ የሚሰጥን ግለሰብ ነው ተማረ የምትለው?ወይስ የ አገሩን ህዝቦች በበሽታ ሲረግፉ ከሱ ብሄር ስላልሆኑ ብቻ ቆሞ የሚያይን ሰው ነው ተማረ የምትለው:ያንተ እንደምትለው ብዙ ሰው ተሸውዶ ነበር ::ትክክለኛው ነገር ግን ይሄ አይደለም::ዝንገጀሮ የራስዋ መላጣ አይታያትም..አሉ:: የ አሁኑ መንግስት የበፊቶቹን ለመውቀስ ምንም አይነት የሞራል ብቃት የለውም::ሰው ገደላችህ እንዳይል እሱም ገድልዋል::አገር ለወጣችሁ እንዳይል እሱም ሸጥዋል::አሰራችሁ እንዳይል እሱም ሲያረግ እያየነው ነው:: ዘረፋችሁ እንዳይል; እንዲያውም በታሪክ ተሰምቶ በማይታወቅ ሁኔታ አገሪቱ እየተመዘበረች ያለችው በአሁኑ ሰአት ነው::ወደፊት ጊዜ ያወጣዋል:: እና ወንድማችን የ ያዝነው መሪ ብዙም የሚወራለት የተማረ አይደለም::ሌላው ቢቀር ባጭሩ አንዳንድ ጊዜ ለፓርላማም ሆነ ኢንተርቭኢው ሲያደርግ የሚመልሳቸው ነገሮች ልክ መሸታ ቤት የሚወራውን አይነት ነው::አንዳንዴም እድሜ ለ ሲ ኤን ኤን ከሱ የሰማውንና ያየውን ሲቀባጥር ይስተዋላል:: የ መለስ ትልቁ ችሎታ አይኑን በጨው አሽቶ መዋሸት ነው:: ልብ ብለህ እንደሆን አሁን እንደበፊቱ ብዙም ወደ ሚዲያው አይጠጋም::ህዝቡ በሚናገረው ነገር ውሸታምነቱን እየነቃ ስለመጣ እያላገጠበት ነው:: የ ተረት ተርት አባት ብለውታል:: ደህና ሁን::

    18. tolosa Says:

      mimi,agazi,bigboi,nebil
      የተዘራ ጤፍ አይሞትም መለስ/ወያኔ እና ኢሳያስ/ሻቢያ የተማሩ ናቸው ነው የቃጣህው የሚረሳ መስለህ ሽፍቶች እንጂ የተማሩ አይደሉም ምናልባት በፎቶ ላይ ሊሆን ይችላል፡
      ውሽትህን ግን ላማትህ ንገራት

    19. oboo biqila Says:

      Agazii ሚሚ ወይም ቢግ ቦይም ሆነሃል ዛሬ ቂቂቂ…ትለዋወጣለህ ..እኔ የምልህ ተርሚኔተር ነህ እንዴ? መለስ ቅዘናዊ የተማረ የተመራመረ እንደሆነ አበሰርከን ዛሬ:: ቂቂቂ …በአጭሩ መለስ አለመማሩን የምታውቀው የ ሱን ካድሬ አንተን ማየት ነው::አነጋገርህ ; እንግሊዘኛህ አጻጻፍህን; ሃሳብህን ;ስድብህን ሁሉንም::ቂቂቂ… የ መለስን ጸጉር የ መለጠው ኮፍያ ነው ወይስ ነገር ሸር ተንኮል አለበለዚያ እውቀት?ንገረን እስቲ . .. የ መላጣው ማድያትስ ከየት መጣ? ብዙ ከማንበብ ወይስ ብዙ ከማሰብ ወይስ ብዙ ከመግደል ከማሰር? ቂቂቂ

    20. doro Says:

      የተማረ ያልተማረ ; ያወቀ ያላወቀ ብለን ስለመሪዎቻችን ማውራትና መሳደቡ ምንም ውጤት ያለዉ አይመስለኝም : አጼ ሚኒሊክ እንግዲህ ለኢትዮጵያ ብዙ የሰሩ wisdom የነበራቸዉ በዛን ጊዜ አዉሮፓዉያንን በብልሀት የያዙ መሪ ሆነዉ ሳለ አንዳንድ ስህተቶች እንደፈጸሙ ታሪክ ይስረዳናል ; ቀጥሎ ሀይለ ስላሴ በጣም ብልሀተኛ :ክፋፍለህ ግዛ የሚለዉን የተካኑ ( ክ እንግሊዞች ክተማሩት አንዱ ነዉ) ኢትይጵያን በአለም መድረክ ያስተዋወቁ; ክሀገራቸዉ ህዝብ ይልቅ ፈረንጅን የሚያክብሩ; የሀገሪቱን ስልጣኔ ባለበት ሂድ ያረጉ ;ስልጣን አልጠግብ ባይ መሪ ናቸው :ቀጥሎ መንግስቱ ሀይለማርያም; ግልብ; ፈሪ;የተረገመ;ቁጭቱን በሰላማዊ ህዝብ ላይ ተወጪ ;የኢትዮጵያን ምሁራን ደም የጠጣ; እልኅኛ;ሰካራም ;ሰለኢትዮጵያ መጥፋት ግድ የሌለው ፈርጣጭ; መሪያችን ነዉ ;ቀጥሎ መለስ ዜናዊ ;ዘረኛ :በዘር ክፋፍለህ ግዛዉ የተካነ( ክሀይለስላሴ የተማረዉ) ጨካኝ ስለሰዉ መሞት ግድ የሌለዉ ( ክመንጌ የተማረዉ) ማንንም የማያምን; መመሪያዉ ተኩስህ ፈትሽ የሆነ; ህዝብን የናቀ; ትእቢተኛ; ክሱ በላይ ማንም ሀይል ያለዉ የማይመስለዉ መሪ ነዉ;;እንግዲህ ይህንን ስናይ በመሪ አልታደልንም ማለት ነዉ ወደፊትም መሪ ይሆናሉ ተብዬዎቹም የላሟ ታሪክ ተፈጠረና ተለያዩ ; ዋናዉ ጥያቄ የሚሆነዉ ጥሩ መሪ ማለት ምን ማለት ነው ? የሚለዉን ጥያቄ ስንመልስ ነው///////

    21. Belete Says:

      84% የገጠሩ ህዝብ…14% የከተማ ህዝብ መለስ ቅዘናዊ መሪያችን ነዉ ብሎ አያምንም:: ዱርዬ ዱር አዳሪ ነዉ የሚሉአችሁ:: እሱና እኔ ልጠቅላይ ሚኒስትርነት ብንወዳደር ያለምንም ቅሬታ እኔ እመረጣለሁ:: ትጠራጠራላችሁ? He has no any charisma of popularity at all! All Ethiopians including Tigreans hate him. And a good thing is, he knows that.

      That is why he wanted the dumb parliament to elect him instead of freely contesting in public.

    22. ethiopie Says:

      everybody should start killing(avoiding) these dump tigrians and their poppets from earth…not later start now from your neighbours….aand all those who seek their scrumbles….today…now…..

    23. AGAMINO Says:

      You sonof anknown man could you shut your dirty mouth up pls?;
      we all know you R conffused Eritreawi who lost many family during the war 10 years a go. but coming here and crying won’t help you any thing.
      but of course if you’ve the gun come to Tigray and try to shoot dumn azz
      or Stop crying here and there. okay? your big boss AGAMINO.

    24. nadew Says:

      Ethiopia is a country in which few gangsters live luxuriously while millions are suffering. Of course these gangsters will never see their boss zenawi living office because it is a matter of living their privileges. They are not defending Zenawi, or they are not caring to the best interest of the country, but they are fighting to defend their benefits As long as Zenawi is there, they will be living luxuriously.

      Imagine if the EPRDF was to leave the office peacefully and a new administration is to lead the country. How do the new administration reacts towards the all the crimes, corruptions, etc committed by EPRDF tugs?

      Thus, we will be hearing these gangsters and their supporters defending their boss as much as they can. Clearly, leaving office is being accountable.

    25. falk Says:

      Weyane MIMI! ON the earth for the first time, The nonesense Shifta MEHAYM WEYANE leader declared ESKEMEGENTEL. Weyane MIMI! THose you mentioned Leders are famous allover the world kept save Ethiopian Nationalism and admired every place still now(EMPEROR MENILIK,…ALL. when someone talking about meles, The foreigners are saying to zenawi(Dictator) nonesense, wild man killing innocent people on the peacefull demonstration.MIMI, and your weyane(wenbede) group will devastate soon. All Ethiopian nations are united as like before. we are on ALERT.

    26. etege Says:

      wel and good wheather u like it or not woyanne will continue harrasing us because we choosed to be haters and totally don’t trrust each other.

      u wanna see better ethiopoa????let us come together. UNION AND LOVE EACH OTHER that is all. beyanse biyanse yetelate telat wodaje new…