Wait! Is this not the same country that Bush and the Boyz supported against Somalia?


US congressmen are defending a bill threatening to impose sanctions on Ethiopian officials and stop military aid unless democratic reforms are made.

Legislator Donald Payne told the BBC the House of Representatives passed the bill "because there has been a serious problem with democracy in Ethiopia".

Ethiopia's ambassador to the US criticised the proposal saying it would "undermine regional stability".


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Sanction happy aren't they? It's a waste of time.

Appafrently, they were just a tool to be used in the conflict with Somalia. we did not have enough US troops so we used surrogates.

Sanctions on Ethiopia won't hurt the government much and the people will just be worse off than they already are. IMO.

But why would the US want sanctions that would possibly make for civil unrest, if the people decide to protest. Or maybe they do not care and let an American trained army handle nay sayers.