Should the US consider Ethiopia an ally despite its poor human rights record? 43 Articles

by Deborah Bauers

The question of whether or not America's alliance with Ethiopia demonstrates political wisdom cannot be answered without first defining the scope of the alliance and the purpose it serves. "Lay down with dogs and you'll ri...read more

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by Ethel Smith

Should the U.S. consider Ethiopia as an ally? There can be many debates on this particular issue, but no one can ignore the fact that their is a lack of human rights in Ethiopia. Ethiopia constantly denies it's citizens th...read more

by A.W. Berry

The United States has had diplomatic relations with Ethiopia for many decades and despite alleged Ethiopian human rights violations claimed by organizations such as Human Rights Watch, "bilateral" diplomacy continues to be...read more

by Calista Stevens

The United States needs to remain allied with a strong Ethiopia, nearly as much as Ethiopia needs continued support from the U.S. Ethiopia is at the heart of Africa's Horn. A mountain fortress-nation, today, as so ofte...read more

by Steve Lussing

Perhaps nowhere is the issue of strategic alliance more a function of context than where it concerns Ethiopia. One might say that Ethiopia has little or nothing to offer Americans and leave it at that. On the other hand,...read more

by Jasper Wolf

It is important for the US to have allies in all regions of the world in order to maintain global influence. The US considers Ethiopia an ally primarily because of its strategic location in eastern Africa, and its coopera...read more

by Larry Nocella

The United States once faced a similar choice regarding a country called Iraq and a dictator named Saddam Hussein. The USA chose to consider Iraq an ally despite its poor human rights record. This was done to offset US...read more

by Gina Barr

Why not ask the people of the Ogaden/Somali region? Seriously, partners should have a little something in common. My concern is that human rights are not an issue when people are at war. Mind you, no sane American soldi...read more

by MacDonald Chaava

Yes, the US should consider Ethiopia a strategic ally in spite of its poor human rights record. There is so much at stake for the entire world and this is a matter of justice with hints of moral obligations. Ethiopia is a ...read more

by Philip Harden

An alliance with Ethiopia is a function of the strategy for War in Iraq, therefore deciding whether to support such an alliance depends on what opinion is formed on that war. For the United States, supporting Ethiopi...read more

by Patrick Lineberry

While in Ethiopia my friend and I were robbed at knifepoint in our neighborhood. The police immediately got on the case, and two officers came with us back to our neighborhood. The officers were undercover and stopped pass...read more

by Juliana Manderico

Before starting to give any comments to this issue, it is good to know Ethiopia's location and how it is situated and the neighboring country. It is essential to know its people, the history and its relationship with other...read more

by Patricia Young

President Bush, ever mindful of the War on Terror, knows how important a close alliance with Ethiopia is to America. It is in the best interests of the United States to consider Ethiopia an ally. There are three compel...read more

by Tres Mali Scott

The reports on Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's comment that "human rights are a work in progress", the removal of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives de...read more

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by J Larkin

We all have friends we'd sometimes like to disown. I've re-lived this unhappy lesson many times over in my lifetime in the form of ex-spouses and other overt reminders of my friends' foibles, if not their outright failings...read more

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by Mark Pavuk

I do do believe economics is the US main concern of the times. I do not want to sound harsh towards less fortunate countries but I do not wish to see us fall to foolishness. We took the last 60 plus years and dedicated mon...read more

by David Thornton

Ethiopia, a nation in eastern "horn" of Africa, is probably best known by most Americans for the famine it suffered in the 1980s which led musicians to record "We Are the World" in an effort spur relief efforts. More rece...read more

by Daniel Xiao Wang

Winston Churchill is quoted as saying that "countries do not have friends, they have interests." At the moment Ethiopia is of strategic interest to the United States, therefore the United States treats Ethiopia as a frien...read more

by T. M. Beeker

My own first hand experience in the Marines taught me clearly that our Congress and Presidential Administrations are about as good at picking good allies as I am at picking a winning horse. That night over Panama City when...read more

by Jillian York

Ethiopia could have been a great nation. As the only African nation never to be colonized and one which has yielded some of the oldest traces of humanity, Ethiopia stands, a lone bastion of independence on a continent oth...read more