THE PFDJ WAR DRUM IS UNJUST AND

DOES NOT SERVE  ERITREAN SOVERIEGNTY!

BY EAIM (Nov 10, 2005)

 

     WAR AND ITS EFFECT

 Some define war as “Contention by force”, others say “War is the continuation of politics by other means “. War is wide spread conflict between states, organizations which is characterized as the use of lethal force or violence between combatants. War is contrasted with peace which is usually known as the absence of peace.

   War is wicked, more disastrous, more widely destructive, more deeply tenacious, and loathsome. It is repugnant to nature. Some compare soldiers who go to war to thousand animals rushing together to butcher house. War is often used as an excuse to avoid government problems or to take government measures that would otherwise meet too much resistance.

 War almost invariably leads to, and often encourages, torture, rape, and other extreme human rights abuse that go beyond its stated purpose.

  War frequently robs people of what is rightfully theirs by taking or maintaining control of land, resources, possessions, political systems.

 War creates orphans. Those who play no part in waging a war especially children, invariably suffer, directly or indirectly.

  War and preparation of war are the largest source of pollution on our planet. War has lasting ill effect on veterans

   State warfare reinforces divisions that help perpetuate gross inequalities. War diverts the energy of many who might otherwise work constructively. War creates fear, suspicion, intolerance and hate. War deprives us of resources that could and should be used in constructive ways.

 

    JUST AND UNJUST WAR

      A reasonable person might ask that if war is wicked destructive, how on earth could we say there is just war?  It needs to opponents to wage war. Most of the time both parties, cannot be proponents of war. To have a victim there should be victimizer, the invaded has his invader, the defender has an aggressor, the killed has a killer.

   Here is the list of the PRINCIPLES OF JUST WAR formulated by St. AGUASTINE of HIPPO

·        A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified.

·        A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority. Even just causes cannot be served by actions taken by individuals or groups who do not constitute an authority sanctioned by whatever the society and outsiders to the society deem legitimate.

·        A just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. Self-defense against armed attack is always considered to be just war.

·        A war can only be just if it is fought with reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.

·        The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace.

·        The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered.

·        The weapons used in the war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants.

One can easily deduce what is unjust war by looking at the list of just war theory. War mongers believe that war is not just inevitable but desirable. It is adventure and excitement for them. They say it brings out the best qualities in men—courage, comradeship and sacrifice. It gives glory to a country. It is effective instrument of national policy. War enables to enhance power grip over their subjects.

    Machiavelli never discusses if war is right or wrong in his book THE WAR OF ART. He just wrote about the best way to wage war so as to conquer the enemy.

   The PFDJ dictatorial regime is not telling the Eritrean people what we lost in the 1998-2000 year war with Ethiopia. Instead they are trying to mobilize the public with what sacrifices have been given in the just war of our armed struggle.

    What is surprising is the hotchpotch of DEKEBAT.COM, their fictitious organization and their self- proclaimed democrat –theoretician trying to mobilize the Eritrean public to join the war wagon of PFDJ unjust war. With no shame they went on to say “The national army saved Asab from the invaders refusing the order to withdraw from Isaias Afeworki”. Where did this group get the trash? Democrats do not support unjust war, pseudo-democrats look for excuses to join the band wagon of dictators. The misunderstanding between ELF and TPLF was never on sovereignty issue, but freedom of movement in the Bademe area. Giving political analysis that defies existing political theories is miss-characterization and distortion of facts and realities if not utter lies.  

          PFDJ is saying to the Eritrean public, don’t question the ends of us just give us your best to do what we want to do.

 

       IS ERITREAN SOVEREIGNTY AT STAKE?

           To those who say Eritrean sovereignty is violated and is at stake, we say to them absolutely not. The contemporary Eritrean problem is political crisis, economic crisis and instability, but not sovereignty issue. Here are our assertions to the objective reality of our sound sovereign state of Eritrea:

·        The TPLF now EPRDF recognized Eritrean self determination since TPLF’s inception.

·        TPLF worked hand in hand with the Eritrean armed struggle believing in our self determination.

·        In 1993 the EPRDF, the Ethiopian government was the first country to recognize the verdict of the Eritrean people over whelming yes for freedom.

·         Witnessed Eritrean freedom in the UN.

·        The EPRDF government of Ethiopia withdrew from land it occupied in Eritrea during the miss-calculation of PFDJ with no military pressure.

·        We also know that no provocation is coming from the Ethiopian side and the Ethiopian leadership is telling the world that they will not be the first to shoot the bullet under any circumstances.

 Instead hear are the activities of the Eritrean dictatorial regime:

·        The PFDJ never cared where Bademe is from 1991- 1998.

·        Bademe was part of Ethiopia when this dictatorial regime conducted referendum in 1993 on dictatorial system’s accord.

·        Bademe was under Ethiopia when they drafted the so called constitution and never cared for those peoples’ voice.

·         The whole world knows who started the war in 1998 on the excuse to regain the Bademe area.

·        Every reasonable government and organization of the world is asking the Dictatorial regime to enter into dialogue with Ethiopia and demarcate the boarder, but PFDJ is refusing and giving the world community deaf ears.

·         At the moment it is the Eritrean dictatorial regime that is provoking and making restrictions to the movements of the peace keeping mission, but not the Ethiopians.

       Fellow Eritreans this war drum of the dictatorial regime is not intended to bring peace in the region, but to enhance the power grip of the dictatorial regime on the Eritrean people. No Eritrean will benefit out of this senseless war except the dictatorial regime. This war is a hidden agenda for suppressing internal uprising.

        We in the EAIM call upon all Eritreans young or old, male or femal, armed or civilian to reject the war drum call and use all means to stop it before it started or avoid it once it began.

 

 

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