Waraabekale wrote:according to wikipedia they did declare seize only after ethiopian troops advanced to Asmara.
they were around 100 km from the capital of Eritrea
and I who thought the eritreans had the upper hand with their trenches and modern diaspora paid fighter jets
Somalias fight against Ethiopia was much more powerful
Oh I wish we had taken on Kenya instead first
we would have increased our land by 15 % and reduced the kenyans coast to literary nothing
FIRST IF YOU THINK ethiopia won the war you are wrong..they did break through the lines but you dont know eritrea coz 100 km from asmara is like 10,000 from mogadishu bcoz one man can hold a battilion in those terrains,the town they fought for and sacrifised 123,000 for has been awarded to eritrea,why do you think eritrean withdrew?bcoz why fight for something you will get later.remember eritrea was fighting for 2 years only defending shabeya are known for their attack tactics if they wanted they wouldve entered addis in 1999 but here where politics comes in learn my brother...if eritrean invaded ethiopia then america and un wouldve said eritrea started the war but by only defending eritrean land and once the verdict of the 2002 awarded that land to eritrea we will get the land back and sue for all the damages of the war.Eritreans are smart when it comes to politics and war ask the spla in south sudan they claim they never seen tactical and startegist army from africa like the eritreans...now take this into acct:
eritrea:19,000 dead,2500 pow,.
ethiopia:123,000 dead,100,000 pow.
bademe=awarded to eritrea (eritrea wins the war politically)
eritrean oppostions in ethiopia=few tigrayan pretending they are eritreans no military support.
ethiopian opposition in eritrea=100,000 trained troops from all over ethiopia and increasing including general kamal gelchu.
ethiopian opposition in ethiopia and around=you know how many i dont need to tell you.
eritrean general said that if war break out again this time we wont be defending but he promised eritrean tanks will roll into addis again like in 1991.
you dont fight a drunk (ethiopia) while he got 2 or 3 big boxers with them,you jab him and move around then when the big boxers are gone you finish him off,america will leave meles soon,the arab hate meles and right about then then we shall show you how to wipe them off.
somalia war is a guriella war you cant fight ethiopia in an open field so comparing your struggle and the 1998-2000 war is diffrent...ethiopia purpose was to overthrow the goverment of eritrea and do a somalia there.
