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Applying Core Chemistry Of the Oromo National Liberation Struggle To Be Successful

July 27, 2012 at 12:15 am · Gadaa.com

By Fayyis Oromia*

Thanks to the recently observed alarming uncertain situation in the Abyssinian empire, I think the debates and discussions in the Oromo national liberation camp is, slowly, but surely, coming to the beneficial result. The current tendency of Oromo nationalists to stop the infighting and to start understanding each other is an encouraging development. Especially, the step taken by the group called Oromo Dialogue Forum (ODF) to be against negative propaganda directed at any part of the Oromo national liberation movement is the groundbreaking phenomenon to stop the senseless pseudo-conflicts we have had till now. We have to repeatedly remember the unproductive conflicts we have already had in order to learn from our mistakes. We can be sure that we have learned from experience, only if we don’t repeat the same mistake we committed in the past. Here, we can mention, as examples, the conflicts between IFLO and OLF, which had cost many precious lives; the split of the OLF-QC from the OLF-SG; the separation of the OLF-JJ and the OLF-SG – as well as the new discord between the ODF and the OLF; all these political frictions were the cause for an unnecessary lose of our talent, energy and time, which we could have invested on the national liberation struggle.

When we look at the cause of these conflicts, they seem to be based on the misinterpretations of certain reconcilable discords of different approaches as irreconcilable conflicts. Surprisingly, some Oromo freedom fighters have not yet grasped this reality, even though they have been active participants in the national liberation struggle almost for the last about 40 years. The mantra of ‘Ethiopian democratization’ vs. ‘Oromian liberation’ as two conflicting goals is still prayed by such people from our national liberation camp and, of course, this pseudo-conflict is highly instrumentalized by the real foes of the Oromo national liberation movement – who want to see this discord be converted to a deadly conflict in the Oromo national liberation bloc. But, the fact on the ground is, as I have repeatedly tried to clarify, that the two approaches are complementary, not contradictory, to each other.

To undo the still existing confusion, regarding the misidentification of foes and friends in our struggle for Oromo’s freedom/bilisummaa and for Oromia’s independence/walabummaa, let me use the following formula as the chemistry of our struggle, even if such formula may not work in soft sciences like that of politics. The chemistry regarding foes vs. friends:

(OE in AE <-----or-----> OO in AE) of ACF <===VS===> OLF with (OA in EU <-----&-----> OI in AU)

The meanings of the acronyms are:
- OE = Oromian Extinction, as the goal of the Amhara colonizing elites;
- AE = Abyssinian Empire, as it is existing since the end of the nineteenth century;
- OO = Oromian Occupation, as it is now under the Tigrean colonizer elites;
- ACF stands for Abyssinian Colonial forces, which want to realize either Oromian extinction or Oromian occupation;
- OLF (Oromian Liberation Forces), including those which want to have ‘Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union’ as the prelude to independence and those which want to push directly for ‘Oromian independence within African union;’
- OA = Oromian Autonomy, EU = Ethiopian Union, OI = Oromian Independence, and AU = African Union.

According to this formula, the two groups in the Abyssinian colonial bloc (those which wish to re-achieve Oromian extinction and those which want to keep the status quo of Oromian occupation) are the foes we have to fight against with no compromise; whereas the two groups in the Oromian national liberation camp are rivals, but not enemies, to each other (having reconcilable approaches and complementary objectives). Furthermore, it is important to look at the difference between the still existing Abyssinian empire and the possible future emerging Ethiopian union (even though I think this union can exist only as a transitional solution towards the lasting solution, i.e. towards the indispensable and inevitable Oromian independence). In the Abyssinian empire, there was/is neither bilisummaa Oromoo nor walabummaa Oromiyaa; but in the future transitional Ethiopian union, we do expect both Oromo freedom and Oromian autonomy on the national liberation journey towards Oromian independence, because of the fact that such an autonomy is a very good prelude to our highly wished national independence. That is why I do consider the conflict between those who want to first realize Oromian autonomy as a short-term goal towards the long-term goal of independence, and those who wish to directly achieve Oromian independence as artificial.

As far as I am concerned, both wings of the OLF (the faction, which wants autonomy as a prelude to independence, and the groups, which wish independence without any transitional autonomy) can foster tokkummaa (unity) of purpose in order to fight our archenemies in unison, and leave the decision on the two possible goals for the future Oromo public verdict per referendum, which we can exercise when the appropriate time will come. Additionally, it is not wrong if one or both of these groups foster tumsa (alliance) with the opposition groups of the Abyssinian forces, just for the sake of weakening and winning the powerful incumbent colonial force in Finfinne palace. I know that some Oromo nationalists are vehemently against such tumsa, but the logic behind the importance of this move is based on the confidence of the Oromo forces to achieve an Oromian autonomy with or without the help of such alliance, and on the fact that there is an implicit acceptance of the near future inevitable self-rule of Oromo in Oromia by certain Abyssinian opposition forces. It is not bad if we can use these forces in order to materialize the better genuine Oromian autonomy in comparison to the present fake federation.

Specially now, at the time of uncertainty in the camp of the Woyane, such tokkummaa and tumsa are mandatory. It is already said, “strike while the iron is hot.” Let’s use this moment and shake the fascist and racist regime, because any sort of destabilizing the empire is advantageous for the Oromo national liberation movement. We can think about the tactic of using a carrot and a stick (shankoora fi shimala) in fighting against the colonizers. As we have observed till now, ‘Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union’ is the shankoora, which at least the currently desperate Abyssinian opposition forces like to hear from the OLF. That is why we saw an euphoria in their bloc as one OLF faction announced the amendment of its program (opted for struggling to achieve autonomy within Ethiopia by abandoning a further move for independence). As a legitimate reaction to this euphoria, the other OLF groups started to stress the uncompromising direct push for an ‘Oromian independence within African union;’ this is, of course, like the use of shimala in order to show the colonizers how determined the Oromo freedom fighters are to never give up the march towards the end goal of bilisummaa Oromoo and walabummaa Oromiyaa. I think, both the shankoora and the shimala are necessary, but we only need to use them in appropriate situations with a right timing.

For instance, now it is important to be part of the currently ongoing protest by the Muslim community in Ethiopia through emphasizing the importance of a union of all nations after getting rid of the dictatorial regime. The Oromo people have nothing to fear for there is nothing to lose if the empire will be destabilized or if we even opt to live in a union with the other nations as far as the system of domination will be abolished. On the contrary, the Abyssinian elites (both from the incumbent and the opposition) are in a great panic not to see the empire dismembered. They definitely know that every step taken towards Ethiopian democratization is almost tantamount to a move in a direction of Oromian decolonization. A million dollar question is yet: can our Oromo national liberation forces use the current opportunity in the empire or are we going to miss the chance as we did, for instance, in the years 1974 and 1991? If we don’t want to lose in the struggle or miss this conductive and favorable situation, then we need to engage the enemy at the core of the power struggle, i.e. in Finfinne palace. Moving away from this central area of the conflict, as the mistakes done by ME’ISON (1977) and by the OLF (1992), only prolongs our national misery.

Above all, we have to take note that the international handlers of the Abyssinian elites know how to systematically kill any opposition or rebel force against their servants. One of the methods they used till now is giving the challenging individuals and groups a sort of asylum recognition or academic scholarship just in order to remove their engagement from the center or core of power struggle, and reduce the anti-regime movement to a less efficient battle to be waged from far away or from abroad. It is important to remember, as an example, how the Muslim-led ELF forces in Eritrea were dismantled and given asylum in the Western world for the sake of replacing them with the Christian dominated EPLF, which were kept and supported to struggle at home for they could better serve the interest of the Christian West and even East, despite the Cold War at that time. Also in Ethiopia, we have seen how the OLF leaders were driven into exile (1992), how CUD leaders were granted asylum after their victory in the 2005 election, and how MEDREK leaders were given scholarship at the time of an emerging revolution like that of the Arab spring (2010). Are these removal of the prominent anti-Woyane individuals or freedom fighters from the center at home not calculated by the foreign masters of the present regime?

Anyways, the best way to tackle this currently incumbent direct and proxy Abyssinian colonizers being promoted by the global power players is the coordinated anti-Woyane struggle in unison by firstly forging the imperative tokkummaa of all Oromo nationalists parallel to the andinet/unity of the Amhara (“multinational”) groups, and then by secondly fostering the necessary tumsa between these liberation (Oromo) and opposition (Amhara) blocs against the regime. The main struggle should take place at home near the Finfinne palace, which can involve even the OPDO and the ANDM against the dictatorially dominant and hegemonist TPLF. All the movements in the diaspora need to be considered as the diplomatic activities of the support groups in a sense of behaving as ambassadors and financial sources for the common cause of freedom from the Woyane tyrants. Regarding the specific Oromo people’s kaayyoo/objective, I think both our foes and our friends should know the real chemistry of the Oromo national liberation struggle for no one on the planet can hinder the great Gadaa nation from achieving our bilisummaa and walabummaa, be it in a form of ‘Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union’ or in a further move towards ‘Oromian independence within African union.’

If the logical relationship of the two objectives (autonomy and independence) is clear as I tried to describe here, then it is absurd that we do observe Oromo nationalists, who do have the revolutionary approach to realize Oromian independence, still opposing and vilifying the others, who are following the evolutionary approach (wanting to use Oromian autonomy as a transitional solution on the way to the final goal of Oromian independence). Such nationalists can be compared to a certain Oromo individual living in a refugee camp in Kenya and wanting to immigrate to Washington, but refusing to accept when a certain friend or relative of him tries to help by getting a transit visa to London, from where he can easily fly further to Washington. The Oromo nation now living under garbummaa/colony, but some of our nationalists opposing an attempt of realizing an ‘Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union’ as a transit, yet wishing a direct achievement of an ‘Oromian independence within African union’ is like the ridiculous refusal of the above mentioned refugee not to fly from the camp in Kenya to London on the way to Washington, but waiting only for a direct flight to his final destiny, even though he suffers from all sorts of inhuman way of life in the camp.

In short, the Oromo people do now have an opportunity either to use the evolutionary approach and achieve a genuine ‘Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union’ as a transitional solution or apply the revolutionary approach and dismantle the colonial system to directly realize our goal of nation building in a form of ‘Oromian independence within African union,’ but yet the common sense advises us that the two approaches can be used alternatively for the same purpose. The fact that different Oromo national liberation organizations are opting for one of the approaches should not be the cause of conflict and discord in the camp of our national liberation movement. Knowing that the enemy uses this pseudo-conflict to divide and destroy us, we have to take hid of any manipulation so that we avoid falling into the trap of our foes. Materializing the well known Oromo people’s proverb, “walii galan, alaa galan,” which has almost the same meaning to “united we stand, divided we fall,” is crucially important for our success. Mr. Manoel de Almeida, a Jesuit priest who visited Ethiopia in the 1620s, also once stated: “if God had not blinded them (the Oromo) and willed that certain groups among them should be at war with one another constantly, there would not have been an inch of land in the empire, on which they were not the masters.” Just registering this reality in our minds, let’s pray that Rabbi/Waaqa help us look at the importance of our tokkummaa for bilisummaa (unity for freedom), if we really don’t want to miss the current opportunity of getting our national freedom, be it in one form or the other.

Galatooma!

* Fayyis Oromia can be reached at fayyis@yahoo.de.

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  1. Ibsaa said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 1:13 am

    Gadaa.com,
    thanks for the edition! Here we can clearly see the core chemistry and its siginificance! As it was published on Bilisummaa.com, the essense of the message was not as clear as it is now!

  2. Dheeboota Bilisummaa said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 2:19 am

    Lovely News,Long live Fayyoo!!

  3. obsaa said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 9:56 am

    The cause of the conflict among oromo liberation forces could also be external. There are many non-oromos who speak Oromiffa fluently. Such individuals can easily intrude into OLF camp and eject their divisive toxins into us.The OLF should closely watch and monitor what its members are doing.We have to establish a system that can easily filter out such enemy spies.

  4. Jote Boru said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 12:27 pm

    Thank you Fayyis Oromia. In reality I don’t have any thing to add to this extraordinary opinion and advise. What I can say is only let we Oromos see far beyond and unite to achieve our wish. Fayyis Oromia has repeatdly articulated important opinons and advises, the question is how many Oromo nationals have undersod and tried to use these important ideas.
    I hope we can come to our senses and unite our efforts to bring to an end century old misery.
    Galatoma

  5. Dandi Turaa said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 1:25 pm

    Dear, Fayyis Oromia

    Greetings! I thank you for your well articulated articles you wrote. I really enjoy it. Thank you for enlighten us. God bless Oromo & Oromia.

  6. Maayaa Maajatee said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 1:51 pm

    Xiinxala siyaasawaa fii hedduu gadi fageenyaan ibsa siyaasaa qabu kana barreeysuu keetiif hedduu ulfaadhu, galanni kee bilisummaadha Fayyis Oromia.

  7. worku said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 3:15 pm

    Harka Fuune
    Akkam jirta?

    Baruu kee baayee jaladhee jira
    jiraadhu
    jedhi abbee baruun kee diina bokoksuun isaa hin’oolu…

    u r nobel winner
    Fayyis oromia

  8. xawalwaalle said,

    July 27, 2012 @ 6:06 pm

    obbo fayyis,

    maangudummaa yoo barbaadde obbo Efreem wajjiin haasa`I.

    KAN KANA IRAA HAFE, SIRBAA “XAWALWAALLE NAMA MOO BINEENSA WAAN KE WALAALEE JEDHU SI AFEERA“

  9. RGR said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 2:40 am

    The Kaayyoo-Oromoo can be depicted by the RED-GREEN-RED flag of the OLF! The first (lower) red stands for the short-term goal of achieving Oromian Autonomy as planned by OFC, the green representing the middle-term (core) goal of Oromian Independence as wanted by the OLF and the second (upper) red shows the possible further move for a post-independence arrangement for Oromian Union (a union based on the sovereign Oromia and to include all Oromo living in the Eastern Africa)!

  10. Boosis said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 3:52 am

    Xawalwaalle,
    why are you irritated as such, if the Oromo forces reconcile and come together! Fayyis Oromia is known in making Woyane’s foot soldiers cry and whine! Are you one of them?

  11. Galaangalee Sabaa said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 4:10 am

    Compairing Rerugee settlment with achieving independence is ridaclus. This idea fo settling in Adama to reach Finfinne is not working . The Habashas Knock you down before you settle. That is true for Meison and 1992 situation you mentioned. Ethiopian solution for Oromoo didn`t work , neither work in the future. ” qabsoon hin dhadhabne warra qabsoo dhadhabaniiti ba`an ” jette Asilii Oromoo. If you tired , just gave up and lead your personal life instead of confusing the Public. wether it is chemisry or mathes, the science for libiration is determination and sacrfies. Deaftism and low-esteam is the moral base of surrender.

  12. Rbbale said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 9:15 am

    Thanks fayyis I enjoyed reading your article always, I hop all Oromo’s should give you credit for your clear stand how to push the struggle forward. I think it is time for all Oromo to compromise the different, even if we disagree, we should focuses on our enemy instant of wasting our time hammering each other when we all not doing much to stand by our nation and people. Fonnii lafa jiruu alatini waqaa irrati walifixi.

    Keep it up fayyis!

  13. Nagara said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 10:34 am

    Fayyis, I agree with you on one point. Oromos may have different opinions on their national issues, and they have every god given right to support or oppose independence or dependence, liberation or slavery. No one oromo is more oromo than another. After all, we must even have diverse opinions if we want to move forward. Our opinions are nothing other than the product of a mix of diiffent or even opposing views. We even need these differences for survival. That said we should not use differnces of opinions to destroy each other. This is primitive and ignorance, to say the least. It takes scientists, engineers, architects (all people with different abilities) and a long time to build a tower, but only one or two men to bring them down in a minute. Mutual destruction does nether solve our problems nor prove us intelligent or capable people. Our success as a people is measured by our ability to use our differences to make collective progress, not by our ability to destroy each other to promote individual interests. That’s why we say let oromo factions think and talk whatever they wiish, as long as they are also ready to listen to the voice of the people who have the final word on their future! As long as the factions go by the name oromo, I, like you, don’t see why they can not unite on that one issue, orommummaa, at least, leaving contentious issues to national referendum. Once they sit under one roof based on their orommummaa, I can not see any reason why they can not draft a common policy, and if and when necessary, deal with external players as a unit oromo block, not as individual mini oromo factions, on matters of national interest. Every one knows how the latter approach opened the gate of hell to orommummaa and QBO as a whole.
    Therefore, in my opinion, we need different opinions to make progress but obviously we haven’t mastered the rule of the game.

  14. olana said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 1:11 pm

    First of all I like to say Mr. Fayyis oromia thanks. I don’t have other word to add u done pretty.

  15. Rukutaa said,

    July 28, 2012 @ 4:51 pm

    Galangalee,
    do you think that you are now bold and brave by just *** on this author who does his best to clarify things! Did he say that he is anti independence and will settle for only autonomy? Why are you such a lion against an Oromo, but behave like a rat when it comes to fighting Woyane? Don’t expose your weakness!

  16. Abbaa 2t said,

    July 30, 2012 @ 3:11 am

    Yaadni maxxanfame kun dubbi dhugaa tan amma dhaabbattu (akkan nu barbaachisu) murteeysa, jedhen amana. Fuullee hundaan haala mijataa arkamu hunda yaroon itti faaydaawuu dandehu qabna. Kun kan tahu dandehu ifi wal-nyaachuu lakkifne,namu karaa isatti fakkaate mul’ateen dina irratti qabsaawu. Yoo wal-tumsuu dadhabnelle wal-dura dhaabbachuu fi wal balaaleyfachuu haa dhiifnu. Dhuma irratti dhaabootiin Oromo (abo tin 3n fi kunillen) haala mijata yaroo dhihotti uumamuuf malu kana irratti dhaamsi ummata Oromotif dabarsan hin qabani? Wa’e Mallas tana maaf callisan? Ibsa gehaa isaan hunda irraa eeyna akka oromootti. Sab-qunnamti humda irratti.Mee dandeysan gaaffaa nu dhiheeysaa.

    ‘Ambiti gabra yoo namaan jette, abbaati bilisa ifiin jedha’ Diinni hamtu nama jaalata, gaari abbaatu raaggata. Waan namaaf taa’a bira hin taa’an. Tarkaanfatan waa takka ejjetan,tattafatani falmatan taaytaa arkatan. Taaytaa horan male ifa jiruu hin ayran.Namni waan gale hin beeyne waan isaa galaasuus hin beeku. Ummata dantaa ifi wallaale jiruun if awwaale tahu irraa Rabbi nu baraaru. Nu haa taasisu warra tan dabarterraa if baru. Jajjabaadha garuu. Galatomo!

  17. Bilise said,

    August 2, 2012 @ 1:44 am

    I would like to simplify this marveleuos formula of the core political chemistry of the Oromo national liberation struggle:

    ACF ABF ODF OLF

    Where:

    ACF = Abyssinian Centeralist Forces, which want to see Oromian Extinction within Abyssinian empire (Ethiopian unity)

    ABF = Abyssinian Bantustanic Forces, which want to keep the status quo of Oromian occupation within Abyssinian empire

    ODF = Oromian Democratic Federalists, which want to first tactically achieve Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union

    OLF = Oromian Liberation Forces, which want to push for the strategical goal of Oromian independence within African union

  18. Tookicha Oromoo said,

    August 2, 2012 @ 5:43 am

    Lamiiwwaan Oromoo;

    Mamaksi Oromoo tokko “adureedhaf hin ibssan dukanaa kessa hin qaabati” kana jechun kiyaa xinxilla Fayyis Oromia bareese kuni kan akka anan daman dhuganiti.Kan bilissumma saba Orommoti qaabssau gorssa kana fudhaate hoojji iraa olchu qaba.Bilissummafi walabumman Oromoo walkeechaa cheeyya(inter dependent transational)ta’a tokko tookrra chiitu hin dandauu.Kanaa hubanee tokumma keenyya ciimsun barbachissadhaa.Gayeen humnaa Oromoo biyaa alla jiiratan,Hayeduree xxx-yyy-zzz jeechan yoo of moogasani ille kabajjafii ulfiina kan argatan yoo wan hunda dura buua ummaticha off dura anssani.Kana tau banan bubule ummani ummani hiijiifano gonfachun issa wani hinhafnee garu itti gafatumma seena akka qaban ijjarsi maqaa ummata oromooti sochauu hundu beektu irraa jiira.Humnii alatii of gurmeese qarqarssa male murtessas miti.Qabsso biyya kessa hala ada addatin deemu hunda degessa tofta /tactical support goocha qabso ummata Oromotii immo tarsimmo galma kayyoti nu tarkanfachissu diriirsu qabna(Goal oriented strategy eastablishment work) Tookumman Orommo yaa lelisu!!
    Oromiyyan hinbilisomtii!!

  19. Dhugaa said,

    August 2, 2012 @ 1:07 pm

    It is good to know Foes vs Friends: ACF or ABF VS ODF & OLF(where ACF = Abyssinian Centeralist Forces to bring back the past & obsolete Oromian extinction within Amhara empire; ABF = Abyssinian Bantustanist Fronts to keep the status quo of the temporary evil Oromian occupation within Tigrean empire; ODF = Oromian Democratic Federalists to achieve a tactical Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union as a transitional solution; and OLF = Oromian Liberation Forces to push further for an Oromian independence within African union as a lasting solution)

  20. Beny said,

    August 15, 2012 @ 7:49 am

    Struggle for LIBERATION is not much of theoretical anlasyis, rather it is expressed in action and action oriented plans and strategies. The Oromo back home is not much worried about the varied factions and supporters who exchange empty tit-for-tats. Our people are dying, dying on their own land; are being cramped and tortured in different detention and concentration camps; are forcefully removed from their land. The youth has been doing and still continuing its struggle to weaken the enemy. Yet, our nationalists’ in diaspora give us and make us read illusions, completely impractical classical anlasyis. Please, don’t put the past mistakes, if any, as a precedence for the current acts that is generation confusing and at times killing cooperation of the confused with the less organised and immature/powerless organizations. The QUBEE generation will get ride all of you sooner or later and show the almighty hands of THE OROMO PEOPLE to the Habesha from whom you have intrinsically and unconsciously developed phobia-Habesha phobia!!!! The youth back home didn’t need any assistance from external body but only from its people to challenge TPLF. Why is the diaspora Oromo doesn’t feel confident?

  21. Lucas said,

    August 15, 2012 @ 7:50 am

    Dear Mo’aa,Are all these attempts to read bteeewn the lines or to read what is not written is to justify what Kemal’s group did? Why do we make things abstract or try to make it complex by talking about internal or external self determination? What is needed is commitment, risk taking and determination! Had we had these qualities we, Oromos, are even supposed to liberate other minority and opperssed nations/nationalities in that Empire. To do that Oromo does not necessarily need partnership from any party let alone Habesha. If cooperation is needed there are a lot of liberation movements like ONLF, SLM etc and yet we remain the focal point/the neuclus in the cooperation not like the one this group has done by submitting to Berhanu, who even didn’t exceed 6 years in the political struggle.

  22. Freedom said,

    August 16, 2012 @ 4:44 am

    YES! Tokkummaa for Bilisummaa is really feasible! It is surprising that our Oromo national leaders and scholars are still busy in antagonizing our liberation camp based on a divide of “Ethiopian democratization” VS “Oromian liberation”. Fact on the ground is that there are universally two phases of liberation struggle: FREEDOM phase and REFERENDUM phase. In the first phase (Gadaa Bilisummaa), there is no question that we need bullet to achieve our people’s freedom, whereas in the second phase (Gadaa Walabummaa), we go to a ballot box to vote for Oromia’s independence! All Oromo liberation forces should foster Tokkummaa in the first phase and then be ready to compete in the second phase. In the first phase, we do choose between Garbummaa and Bilisummaa, whereas in the second phase we vote on walabummaa (independence) VS walfaanummaa (union). It is absurd to debate and fight against each other now being under Garbummaa. This presently ongoing quarell about “Ethiopian democratizatioon” and “Oromian liberation” actually must take place later, in the second phase, after achieving our Bilisumma by any means! I hope the new generation will do better than our present leaders and scholars, who failed to grasp this fact for the last more than 40 years!

  23. Good said,

    September 3, 2012 @ 9:04 am

    Amhara’s Ethiopia belongs to the past; Tigrai’s Ethiopia is only temporary; New Ethiopian Union will be transitional; and an Independent Oromia is the future!

  24. Integrator said,

    September 18, 2012 @ 7:05 am

    When we do observe the authors and commentators in the Oromo websites, we just do see two groups of Oromo nationalists and scholars: the ANTAGONIZERS and the INTEGRATORS. The antagonizers do pray the mantra of polarizing the Oromo liberation forces presenting them as if they are irreconcilable enemies being divided into two Oromo camps: pro-union and pro-independence. Usually the antagonizers cry as if the pro-union Oromo are collaborators to the Abyssinian camp. On the other hand, the integrators do look at the two post-bilisummaa Oromo goals (independence/walabummaa vs union/walfaanummaa) of the Oromo as two sides of the same coin (two sides of bilisummaa); they try to assert that both the pro-independence and the pro-union Oromo nationalists are de facto pro-bilisummaa (freedom fighters), who do have two reconcilable alternative objectives. Interestingly Woyane foot soldiers try to camouflage as pro-independent Oromo and curse the pro-union nationalists or the vice versa just for the sake of sawing a discord in Oromo liberation camp.Their motive is clear: Oromo should be divided, antagonized and polarized in order to be kept weak and ruled. What is pity here is that some of our nationalists and scholars simply fall in this trap of the Woyane cadres and do bidding of our enemy without any payment. Actually Woyane has hired a lot of cadres doing the antagonizing job with the millions of dollars being invested on this project. May God open the eyes of our fool antagonizer Oromo nationalists, who are still doing the job of Woyane without payment!

  25. Anti-DiGa said,

    September 22, 2012 @ 1:56 am

    Lukas,
    are you DiGa or FiGo? DiGa is simply Diina Gamna, a Woyane cadre, who is payed and doing his job of antagonizing the Oromo liberation camp for the sake of his own advantage, whereas FiGo is Fira Gowwaa, a fool Oromo, doing the same job of Woyane without any payment. Surely you sound to be one of the DiGa!