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Leadership
for the human race, not the so called rule of
order dictated by Western institutions. U.S.
policy has been driven by the insistence of
imposing its so called rules and structures of
democracy on the Global South. Ignoring that
the most important principle is the promotion
of life, which necessitates economic growth.
When other nations, such as China, form
a bond with African nations grounded in
economic development, they are attacked by
the rules based order and labeled a dangerous
enemy. Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has
been vilified, for among other strategies, his
2013 initiation of the Belt and Road Initiative
and continuation of the successful, Forum on
China-Africa Cooperation.
In the last six decades, only U.S. President
John Kennedy has shown a genuine concern
for collaborating with African leaders to
promote economic development.
Rather than initiating programs and visions
to foster economic growth in the Horn of
Africa, as I have for the last decade, U.S.
governments had fueled the flames of
conflict. Most egregiously: 1) the Biden
administration’s de facto support for the
Tigrayan army’s attempt to militarily
remove Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed from his
elected leadership of
Ethiopia; 2) Biden’s
refusal to support the
most important project
for economic growth in
East Africa, the Grand
Ethiopian Renaissance
Dam.
Not to be out done by
Biden, the adherents to
the rules-based order are proposing that the
new Trump administration, should ignite the
Horn of Africa, with U.S. support for Eritrea
regime-change. How will that help Africans
living in that region? It will not! Did the U.S.
supported regime-change and assassination
of President Gaddafi help the people of Libya
and North Africa? Did the overthrow and
murder of Saddam Hussein help the Iraqi
people and the Middle East?
President-elect Trump has said that he rejects
unnecessary foreign interventions by the U.S.
If so, he should dismiss this murderously
insane scheme, and work with me to bring
peace and prosperity to the region through
economic integration of the Horn of Africa.
As is the case with other African nations, I do
not support all of Eritrea’s policies. However,
thoughtful people of good will, should be
able to understand the extreme harm that
regime-change against the current Eritrean
government would cause on the African
continent. We should act, free from prejudice
and the colonial past, to recognize the evil
of the rules-based order, and unequivocally
defend Eritrea from their assault on Africa..
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