It is nice to be praised, but some times too much praise can be a bit confusing and eh…suspicious?!
A Kenyan lady had a visit to Addis and has a lot of nice things to say. However, some of her praises is a bit much. For example, I have been to JKIA and passed through is several times. It’s a fine airport. In fact, compared to Bole in Addis, I happen to think that JKIA is a better one. At least, until the new Bole terminal is finished in 18 months. Bole is NOT a “…mammoth work of glass, tile and latest technology, a far cry from what we call an international airport here in Kenya…” This sounds a totally undeserved praise and sort of cringe worthy. Sometimes, it’s difficult to take this kind of praise without saying… “Wh…at…?!..”
It is not jusy you. Sometimes I wonder if these news outlets have editors, let alone copy editors…the amount of bullshit they publish that an amateur with an internet phone could disapprove in a minute is astounding.
this bird spent the whole week building that house and landscaping the compound with flowers. and if the girl doesn’t like it, he has to come up with a new design. mwanaume ni effort.
Saitan country? You mean Somalia? Well, the reason is to use leverage. I think, as you know, because of the protests and the state of emergency, following that, some nosy NGOs and “human rights” racketeers wanted to put a pressure on us to impose their version of governance, “democracy” and development models. They wanted to use the occasion to push US and other western powers to force Ethiopian government to accept some undesirable policies. By pulling the peacekeeping force out of Somalia, Ethiopia was trying to send a message that it does not be pushed around, gets interfered in and values to be imposed upon. It is sending a message that it is too important for the stability of the horn for its peace to be disturbed by outside interference and some unfair and uninformed criticism. If those, who want the peace keepers to be returned to stave off Al Shabab, they need to stop their interference in internal affairs of Ethiopia and unwelcome pressure through human rights racketeers and NGOs. I believe that is the reason. I believe that, because after Ethiopia has pulled out, the criticism, the NGOs shrill has stopped and EU has lifted its travel warning. The US state department has reduced the travel warning to travel alert. I do believe the soldiers will be returned, soon.
Well, brother I think you’re an Ethiopian government apologist: Despite what you say, there’s obviously a problem with the Ethiopian electoral process. In the last elections, one party won practically all seats, how is that possible? The govt has also forcefully evicted thousands from their lands for dams and even leased these lands for agric to foreigners. Not to mention the stranglehold your country has on Eritrea keeping them militarised which pushes young Eritreans to flee for Europe or other East African nations. And what of Ethiopians themselves fleeing to Kenya, South Africa or Europe? Things aren’t as rosy as you put them.
Spot on!I think I’m too old for the same rhetorics about foreign interference in internal issues of a sovereign state blah blah blah.The agitated poor people are not fighting for a western democracy ;rather they are demanding their land rights from the corrupt Ethiopian regime mafia.No wonder when Gado drew about African dictators, he represented the Ethiopian PM as a cunning dictator standing beside a glass box written on it “break glass in case of fire” while inside the box there’s a warning written “highly inflammable”.
They say he who pays the piper calls the tune perhaps her trip was paid for by Ethiopia she has to sing their praises,:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: or even worse shes probably never been to any airport and just making up stories:eek::eek::eek:
I was at Bole at the beginning of the year and you can’t compare the two airports.
