The Biden administration is facing resistance from within, when it comes to its plans of spilling a bloody conflict all over the Horn of Africa. The realities of the region are starkly different from what Joe Biden thinks them to be. Any escalation of violence in Ethiopia could soon spill over into neighbouring countries like Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia, and inevitably impact the flow of world trade through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. By dominating the Horn of Africa, the USA can dominate the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, and through which much of global trade passes.
The USA can dominate this strait only if it controls the Horn of Africa, and to establish that, it is pushing Ethiopia into a civil war. But people from within the administration are now beginning to see the catastrophic consequences of Biden’s bloodlust. So, they are subtly trying to dissociate the US from violence, and are vouching for diplomacy. This comes in the backdrop of Biden’s ecosystem pushing a narrative favouring US boots on the ground in Ethiopia, to take control of the situation.
Biden’s Horn of Africa envoy changes tunes:
The man who Biden tasked with ensuring that tensions escalate in the Horn of Africa, has returned from Ethiopia. Upon touchdown in Washington, he immediately called up reporters and sounded caution over any military action that could escalate the crisis brewing in Ethiopia. US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman said last Tuesday that there was “massive” progress trying to get fighting sides in Ethiopia to a negotiating process, but he warned that there was no military solution.
He was quoted as saying, “What concerns us is this fragile progress risks being outpaced by the alarming developments on the ground that threaten Ethiopia’s overall stability and unity…After more than a year of fighting and hundreds of thousands of casualties…it should be clear that there is no military solution.”
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According to Al Arabiya, Feltman also delivered a strong-worded warning to the Tigray fighters, asking them to halt their advance on Addis Ababa. If they don’t stop, he said they could face “unrelenting hostility”. He also sided with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s priority of pushing the Tigray fighters out of regions they were occupying, as the Horn of Africa envoy said, “We share that objective.”
Feltman’s support for Ethiopia is unprecedented:
Jeffrey Feltman is a man considered to be close to the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). So, when Biden deployed him to the Horn of Africa, he had one mandate – instigate chaos in Ethiopia. However, after having spent some time on ground zero, Feltman seems convinced that violence and military intervention is not the way to go forward. And then, the conflict could cascade into something much bigger than what Biden imagines.
The UAE is supporting Ethiopia against Tigray militants. It has been reported that the UAE has even provided its drones to Ethiopia’s forces, using which they are neutralising the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front). Additionally, the UAE is admittedly sending tons of medical and other aid supplies to Ethiopia.
And then, there is the Russia angle. The people of Ethiopia are staunch supporters of Russia. Any US military intervention, therefore, will not go unanswered by Moscow, which might pull a Syria-like rug from right under Washington’s feet. Russia will also be motivated to prevent Africa from being consumed by a devastating conflict, which would put its own interests in the continent in harm’s way.
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Finally, the people of Ethiopia are beginning to realise that Joe Biden is playing with their lives only to achieve his own geopolitical goals. So, if they decide to kick the USA out of the region, Washington DC will lose the Horn of Africa for a very long time. That runs in complete contestation of what Biden has planned for.
Jeffrey Feltman has understood that the USA cannot resort to any misadventures in Ethiopia, as the conflict which ensues thereafter could blow up in America’s face. He is therefore defying the diktats of Biden, and speaking his mind out.
Very sicken contemplation & summary.
Ethiopia was the gateway for China to Africa . The chinees expanded then after using the acceptance and influence of Ethiopia in Africa. This Ethiopian tie with the rest of Africa is now working adversely when it come to the US and Europe. The # Nomore movement is a good example. It was started in Ethiopia a week ago, but now spread across Africa so quick. Nigers are demonstrating asking the ousting of French army from their land. The Sudanese nation violence against the US articulated coup d’etat resulted reinstating PM Abdela Hamdoc back to power. Many activists and influential personalities in Africa and else where , highest level Chinees
authorities have already joined the movement. The Chinees just last week came with a $300Billion fund to support Africans export to make things worst on the US.
This is a clear indication to forecast the fate of the US in the continent of Africa. If US can not change its policy towards East Africa soon, It will loose the entire continent to China.
A perfectly articulated summary of the facts on the ground! Thanks
Biden’s move to use the terrorists in the north against the elected government in Ethiopia is the reason why the US is losing Africa by losing the horn. Ethiopian diaspora in the States supported Biden a lot in the election that made him a president. However, because of the terrible position his administration has chosen to take in the conflict in Ethiopia the Democratic Party has started losing recent elections. The election result in Virginia can be partly an indication of that.
Only USA knows why they took this gamble to support TPLF . Because of the US unfair support people are united and watching very closely US move which they will pay a heavy price in Africa in different forms. Ethiopians used to have always a positive attitude when it comes to the US till they see now US is going out of their way to destroy their country.
Skewed news to redeem the planners for war and distraction of Ethiopia, Biden, the president and his inner circle are hell bent on creating nightmare on the Horn and this has been in the making at the out set of the war with Eritrea, planned and given green light by White House just to appease their dogs, so called TPLF terrorists, thugs and rapists so simply due to Washington’s greedy green eyes, TPLF pushed innocent Tigran’s to wage war that they can not win, simply Biden or Feltman have to save their faces from second Afghanistan in Africa more so, Ethiopians and Eritreans are united and are saying #NOMRE to USA intervention and we are glad that our brothers and sister in Africa are joining this movement to stop plundering and pillaging Africa in the name of democracy and Human Rights, and it is about time the western world politicians stop their hypocrisy, it reeks and stinks to much, enough and again #NOMORE.
Biden Administration is playing with fire, that can burn USA to the ash. History of Ethiopia shows that the people unit and become stronger against there enemy, irrespective of their difference. We do not have history of invading others, but defending ourselves for thousands of years, before the existence of USA. What ever disagreement exists between them, they always unite to defend their country. This does not need piloting and analysis, rather implemented and proved solution for thousands of years. When people of Tigray knows TPLF agenda behind the shadow, they themselves will through them to hell. Now everything is evident, and TPLF is shrinking to melt away like a butter on a fire.
We all (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti…) knows why Horn of Africa especially Ethiopia undergone through a war for decades, backed by USA and Egypt and western. Their secession from Ethiopia was not enough as Ethiopia is still strong with big population. now using TPLF, are working have more weaker so as to weaken the HoA to western geopolitical advantage. I think creating Chaos and bloodshed between brothers or people, will washout USA from the face of the earth, as the Bible says. The slogan “ we trust in God” in public does not work, because God is more intelligent than you to know your intention than your word. What evil thoughts to prosper on the bloodshed of others. As the world is enough for all of us, USA should learn, how it is possible to live with others in peace and solidarity with out loosing their advantage. #NoMore Capitalizing in chaos. Look at China, they are prospering with out creating chaos. Come with better policy based on mutual respect and integrity.