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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:32 am Post subject: Sanctions For Ethiopia
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. _________________ To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:00 am Post subject:
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. _________________ Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Sanctions on Ethiopia won't hurt the government much and the people will just be worse off than they already are. IMO. _________________ To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:
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. _________________ Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
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