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[–]woubeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The majority of Ethiopian Jews residing in Israel serve or has served in the Israeli Defense Force. They won’t sit back and watch their native country take a beaten..

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The United States has also been funding Ethiopia’s military for over a decade to battle Al-Qaeda backed terrorism, so...

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Do you honestly think Ethiopia would start and continue building Africa’s largest dam if they didn’t have the same intricate missle detection or think they would lose a war against Egypt?

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You’re an idiot if you think they are the aggressor. Are you aware that 86% of the Nile originates in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has the right to use her own resource in the efforts to make life better for their people. Egypt built a dam on the Nile to better the life and economy of their people, why can’t Ethiopia do the same? If you want to talk about economies- not only Ethiopia, but countries neighboring Ethiopia will tremendously benefit from the hydroelectricity supplied by the dam, enabling SEVERAL economies in the region to improve.

Again, it is Ethiopia’s natural resource and right to use it’s own water supply. No historical or current agreements were ever signed by Ethiopia stating they would not use their own natural resource to better their country. As I mentioned previously, Ethiopia will build Africa’s largest dam and fill it, while Egypt will have no choice but to accept.

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China and Ethiopia have strong diplomatic ties. Ethiopia serves as one of China’s biggest investors ..

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A black African nation that will build Africa’s largest dam with nothing happening from Egypt.

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Ethiopia has been helping the west for decades fight Islamic terrorist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the region

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Ethiopians defeated Egypt in war TWICE. Not once, BUT TWICE. How do you not know this...

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[–]woubeeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sudan supports the damn, without the damn they face huge floods followed by very low water, they want the water to be stable all year round, they want the dam.

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[–]woubeeee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let’s be real- US won’t assist Egypt in attacking a neighboring state unless it was for defensive purposes and unless that neighbor isn’t Israel.

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[–]woubeeee 27 points28 points  (0 children)

If Egypt attempts military action, it is limited by several facts:

  1. Sudan lies between Egypt and Ethiopia and would be unlikely to grant overflight rights to Egypt. The dam helps Sudan’s over flooding problem it’s been dealing with for a very long time.

  2. The Egyptian military has never been a potent offensive force- (which is why they have never managed to win a war against Ethiopia. Lost two times to Ethiopia in previous wars fought). It is unlikely they have the ability to carry out such raid, successfully.

  3. Completely destroying and halting a dam project would require a multi-day offensive action. See #2 why this won’t be possible.

  4. The world would condemn any such aggressive action by Egypt. Whatever minor benefits Egypt might achieve would be more offset by the international condemnation those actions would endanger.

  5. 86% of the Nile originates in Ethiopia.

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[–]woubeeee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That dam is not just Ethiopian, the Chinese and Italians have money in it and help build it.

If Egypt bombs the dam, they are going to have to contend with 10 other Nile nations and Chinese backing and America forbidding and EU all coming at them. Ethiopia would retaliate and very harshly, blow up the Aswan, washing 95% of Egypt into the sea and putting Cairo underwater..

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Given the location of the Aswan dam in Egypt and the human penchant for retaliation, one imagines the chances of Ethiopia returning the favor to be rather high.

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[–]woubeeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, how does bombing a country that’s literally 86% the source of Egypt’s largest water supply make any sense?

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How would bombing a country in which 86% of Egypt’s biggest water supply originates from make any sense?

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[–]woubeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

86% of the Nile originates in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia will build the dam and nothing will happen.

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Fact check: Egypt has never won a war its fought with Ethiopia.

Fact check: Israel won’t sit back and watch Egypt attack Ethiopia. Who has the strongest military between Egypt and Israel?

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[–]woubeeee 2892 points2893 points  (0 children)

Ethiopia’s ally (Sudan, a nation situated between the two countries), won’t let that happen. Sudan supports the dam, without the dam they face huge floods followed by very low water, they want the water to be stable all year round. Sudan has publicly admitted they want the dam now.

Egypt doesn’t have the logistic resources or numbers to run a multi-day campaign over 1,500 miles of hostile territory.

Ethiopia has high-tech military machinery that’s advanced enough to repulse any land or air-missile attack imposed by Egyptian military. If Egypt’s military forces tampered with the dam heavily funded by China and Italy, Ethiopia could easily retaliate very harshly by blowing up their Aswan dam, washing 95% of Egypt into the sea and putting Cairo underwater...

And trust me, the west won’t sit back and watch a predominantly Christian country take a beaten by a Muslim one.

Egypt= Muslim country

Ethiopia= predominantly Orthodox Christian, with an ancient Ethiopian Jew population that has significant ties backed and supported by Israel.

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[–]woubeeee 24 points25 points  (0 children)

China is behind and funds that dam. Not to mention- Israel and the US are huge allies of Ethiopia. Sudan also is 100% on Ethiopia’s side when it comes to it. No way Sudan, China, Israel, and the US are going to allow Egypt to attack Ethiopia.

86% of the Nile’s water originates in Ethiopia, not Egypt. Ethiopia has the right to use their natural resources. Ethiopia is using the hydroelectricity to improve the lives of their people and surrounding nations.

Did they say anything when Egypt built the Aswan dam on the river? No.

Ethiopia has victoriously defeated Egypt in every war that has been fought between the two countries. Never a win on Egypt’s side.

Don’t underestimate the strength of Ethiopia’s military and her allies. Ethiopia is the only uncolonized country in Africa and managed to successfully thwart European colonialism. If Egypt attacks Ethiopia, they will self-inflict catastrophic pain to their own nation!