Tigrays are only 5 percent of Ethiopia - while Amharas and Oromos are 30m each - that huge. So it very unlikely you ever met a Tigray. Tigray were privelleged and sat on the rest. The rest of Ethiopian hate them. They hate them for 30yrs of dictatorship. They hate them for letting go of Eritrea and making Ethiopa landlocked. They hate them for stashing billions abroads. They hate them for dominating the army and civil forces.
But they have allowed their hate to screw them...and now the Tigrays are coming back to sit on them again for 30yrs..Tigrays have experience on sitting on the rest. They have found a good excuse...for tiny elite to come to power.
This was like 2002....Kibaki listened carefully to US and Brig Boinnet...he was told to leave the Kalenjin alone...dont go hard on Moi and company..for their excess.....and kenya will avoid a civil war.
But imagine if Kibaki had gone hard on Kalenjin - after 24yrs of power - and war broke up. Kenya could have gone to civil war.
In fact when Kibaki attempted to summon Moi to appear before Goldenburg...Kalenjin leaders told him NO...they will secede from Kenya if anyone was to touch Moi.
At least by 2007/2008 when Kalenjin waged war - their anger and capacity had dissipated...but if Raila and KIbaki had gone hard on Kalenjin in 2003...by 2004 kenya would been gone.
This is also true for Rwanda - Tutsi small elite will sit on Hutus until Hutus behave - and start looking forward.
Ethiopia attempt to look backward is their undoing. History forget it. Move FORWARD.
Now like Tutsi...Tigrays sees their leadership of Ethiopia as matter of life and death for them....Ethiopia gov has attempted to finish them off...they will not let go easily.
It appear only Mandela understood what moving on meant - did his Truth and Recon..and Boers were happy to let go of power.
That is not what Ethiopians in diaspora, especially US think. They are almost United in support of Abby and Ethiopian Govt.
