Tigray  Needs  a Critical Exit Strategy from Genocide, Siege and Starvation

 It is now almost two solid years since Tigray have been under active Genocide, rape, siege, starvation and complete black out. This is too long and is not acceptable in any form and shape. It is now apparent the Tigray Government ruling party TPLF has no any exit strategy from this endless tragedy.  If the governing party has had any exit strategy, we would not have been in this sorry state for this length of time.  There is a good Amharic saying that goes as, “ Lemote sew Mekabr ymokewal “ which means people can end up accepting abnormality as normality.  The TPLF ruling party has seen many tragedies in its 17 years struggle and  in the no peace no war era of 20 years and now it has seen the Tigray Genocide, it seems it is now getting used to the abnormality and has accepted to continue living in the abnormality in Tigray. But it is critical now that all Tigreans able men and women has to formulate an exit strategy that will end the genocide, besiege, starvation, rape, bombing in Tigray, and persecution, execution of Tigreans across Ethiopia.  I will explain and formulate the key exit strategy Tigreans has to adopt after now and what Tigreans must do to realize it.

I am not dismayed. The problem in Tigray has only ignited a fire in me that will keep on burning to shine light on the people of Tigray.  I believe strongly that tragedy can be turned into an opportunity. It is an unfortunate that we have to go through all these to resurrect ourselves. But that is human nature. Before Abiy came, I  wept by foreseeing what was coming. But no single person have understood me then. But now I can dare say all Tigreans will be on my side with the exception of TPLF leaders who are not still willing to see things the way they are because they choose not to hear and see and a  resistant naturally to accept new reality.   Since Nov 4  until now Tigray has been isolated from all human race on the planet.

Since Nov 4, 2020,  Tigray has been blacked out from internet, telephone, bank, electricity, water, work, trade, mobility, job, healthcare, all public service functions. Life itself is denied in Tigray. All infrastructures has been destroyed or bombed or looted. Even animals genocide has been carried out in Tigray. Even  crop Genocide has been done in Tigray. Even the Tigray mountains and rivers have not been spared.  In short  all weapons of mass destruction has been implemented in Tigray with the exception of nuclear weapon.  Genocide has taken place in broad daylight in front of the world.

It is estimated that more than a million people have been killed.  Only God knows the exact number of people killed.  It is estimated 0.5 million women have been raped and this included reported and unreported.  In short there is no crime under the sun that is not committed in Tigray.  This Genocide is still active.

Now second round Genocide is in progress.  The Tigreans have been fighting for survival for the past almost two years and without any outside help in logistic, money, and weapon.  Even without anyone’s support, the Tigreans defeated the enemies with all their modern weapons and with all their sponsors. The Tigray Genocide would have been ended last year if  the Americans Government did not stick its nose into the struggle of  Tigreans for survival.  It is unfortunate that the American Government that was supposed to help the Genocide victims decided to support the genociders and aborted Tigrean struggle for survival. 

The American Government openly in broad-day light, deliberately said it did not want Tigreans in Addis Ababa.  Its American Ambassador to East Africa, Ambassador Jeffrey Felitman without shame told us openly his Government does not want  TPLF  in Addis Ababa. He meant Tigreans because there is no an army called  TPLF Army. The TDF is not TPLF army. TDF is the army of about 11 million Tigreans.  In Tigray there are about 5 political parties. TPLF is just one of them. One cannot  call 11 million people  TPLF. It will be like calling  American Government as Democratic party or Republic can party which does not make any sense. The American Government does not call or never call  Tigreans Defense forces as TDF or Tigrean Defense forces. It calls  everything as TPLF as if all the political parties in Tigray are called TPLF and as if all the people of Tigray are called also TPLF.. Countries are not called by political parties. The American Government is not called Democratic party or Republican party which will not make any sense to do so.

The Tigreans Defense forces, TDF Defeated the Ethiopian National Defense forces, Eritrean Defenses and Somalian Defenses all combined and supported by  drones and all kind of modern weapons from Turkey, UAE, China, Russia and from else where. Why is American Government scared of calling the Tigreans Defenses forces by their names?  Only  the American Government politicians know why they are scared of  calling TD F by their names. The TDF must be called with an adjective as the Hero and Heroines of the 21^st century.  The Americans Government cannot call TDF by their names because of jealousy and inferiority complex.

Anyways, because American Governments arrogance of ignorance  or superiority complex,  they aborted Tigreans struggle for survival in Nov 2011 when they attacked TDF  by deploying drones from Djibouti and because  of this injustice done by Joe Biden Tigray has been dying and is being starved to death. I did not see American Government dropping life saving emergency food in Tigray in the past two years. Because of the unjust obstruction and abortion of Tigreans struggle for survival  by American Government, Tigray is still languishing in 100% black out, siege, man made famine and it is now in second round Genocide which is not a concern of the American Government.

Tigreans have the capacity to defend themselves, it is only American Government who is denying Tigreans their natural right  to do self defense. This shows American democracy and human right is a propaganda to demonize, demoralize, manipulate and control others only. If American Government was   was democratic and human right advocate, it would never have condoned, suppo9rted and sponsored Genocide, terror, rape, siege, blacking  out and starvation in Tigray for two years. Tigray has hacked American democracy and human right as a hoax.

Having said all the above as a background for my proposal. Tigray needs a new ideology, a new movement and a new tactic, a new exit strategy and a new vision. The need for new exit strategy is not an option, but a must because this is about survival. We only have one option to survive or save ourselves. Neither American nor  China nor  UN nor  Russia nor African Union will rescue Tigray except Tigreans themselves.

The Tigrean mass has to be mobilized 100% inside and outside Tigray and formulate a critical exit strategy from Genocide, siege, rape, mass killing, black out, starvation. The people of Tigray cannot keep on fighting all around Tigray in Afar, Wollo, Gonder, West Tigray which is not strategically important. Fighting in Wollo, Gonder, Afar, all around the border of  Tigray will never solve Tigray problems.  This strategy will only keep Tigray in siege, genocide, starvation and in this current status quo that will weaken Tigray and eventually disarm Tigray.

It is now very crystal clear the TPLF leadership has no an exit strategy from all this tragedy in Tigray. It wants to continue fighting all around Tigray until it is alive. This is tragic strategy that will not help Tigray.

When American Government forced TDF  to vacate from Amhara and Afar region,  and to return to Tigray, it did not do the same to the ENDF and EDF  to vacate western Tigray.  It must be crystal clear now the American Government is the key advocate, enabler of Tigray Genocide.  To begin with, Tigray Genocide was blessed by the former American president Donald Trump admin and this is an open secret.  We hoped  President Joe Biden will change that. But since American foreign policy  does not change by leadership change, president Joe Biden only has recycled and  prolonged and extended the Tigray Genocide as openly as Donald Trump.  Thus we must not hope American Government will help us. It is now obvious American Government has nothing to do with democracy and human right. Since American Government is a stake holder in the Tigray Genocide, we must have our own exit strategy that depend on us. We have a right to live on this planet like all humans.

For all these reasons, Tigray needs a new exit strategy to save itself. Eritrea and Ethiopia has violated Tigreans human sovereignty not only by invading Tigray, but by committing Genocide, and Ethiopia and Eritrea still has occupied western and Eastern Tigray which is 40% of Tigray.  American Government has  no pr9oblem with that. It is now two years about 1.5 million Tigreans displaced from west Tigray and are starving across Tigray and about 300 000 Tigreans are killed only in west West Tigray.

Tigreans human sovereignty is violated, the human dignity and integrity of Tigreans broadly  violated and breached by  Eritrean and Ethiopians forces as a result there is no Ethiopian sovereignty now. There is  no Eritrean sovereignty now. So right now, all Tigreans must wake up reclaim their ancestral and historical land, sea, culture, civilization. We are a nation. We have to reclaim our nation as it was and this is what everyone dos in the world. The Persian are resurrecting their history. The Ottoman Turkey is reclaiming its history  and civilization. The Chinese are reclaiming their history.  We are the Axumite and we must reclaim our land, sea, culture, civilization, Alphabet, Calendar and all our values. 

To realize this we need an exit strategy from  this danger of existence.  The red sea is our historical and ancestral sea. This is our critical security and economic  gate way. This is our God given natural  and divine right. TPLF has no any right to deny us our God given divine and Natural right. American Government has no right to deny us our God  given divine and Natural right.  The only exit strategy we have is to storm Asmara and control the red sea.  As I said above  TPLF  has no any exit strategy for Tigray. It  just wanted to continue to fight. Fighting only is not enough. We  need to fights and die for a strategic goal that can end the fighting. We have no others choice.  Tigreans must stop waiting for TPLF.  Tigreans must lead TPLF because TPLF has failed to protect and to lead Tigray. The Tigreans mass must  lead, control and manipulate TPLF what to do. 

Thus instead of wasting time and precious youth lives fighting all around Tigray border  losing our precious youth lives which will only weaken us and disarm us eventually, we need to focus on one exit strategy and  that is storming Asmara and controlling  the port of Massawa which is our God given divine and natural, ancestral right. The rest is secondary. Controlling the red sea will change the game forever. Endless fighting in Afar, Wollo, Gonder and all around Tigray will not change the game.  Eritrea did not only commit Genocide on Tigray, but it has occupied until now 40% of Tigray.  We must never listen to American Government.  If they wanted to wage war on us just because we defended ourselves, then let them  kills us directly. It is better not to exist on the planet than to be abused and violated.

One cannot make peace deal with criminals or genociders or rapists. It is morally wrong to sit down with criminals for peace.  Criminals must arrested and judged in public court and delivered justice. It is in the first place wrong to sit with criminals for any kind of deal.

Let us  do whatever we can to exit from Genocide, rape, siege, starvation and blackout. Nothing is worse than injustice.  Let us not keep on doing the same thing over and over and expecting different result. We have to evolve and adapt to the new reality and work hard and united more than ever before.

We have a just cause. We did not invade anyone. We are invaded and our human dignity and integrity violated.  This is our cause.

Self defense is Divine and Natural right. All creatures do self defense, even trees, all animals do this self defense. Trees and others animals do not need American Government permission to exist on earth and to defend themselves and this is an innate divine right to do self defense. We did not take anything from anyone. We wanted just to live in our land in peace.

Until we are free, we continue the struggle with more inspiration and enthusiasm.

Gebreselema