Sorry to depart from your style of reasoning, from what I see is rather as sugarcoating the whole issue in to order to paint narrow nationalist gang (TPLF), a social plague, as a responsible and even brilliant group which sought after realistic solution by sending hundreds of thousands through hell to get to heaven, so to speak, (upon reaching to the Sudan), is some what an undignified defense to the immoral, A group with its entire past and present is a menace to society. By the way, Mr. Winer, the tplf scandal of diverting aid money to buy weapon in the said years was exposed long before BBC’s report in question, by a multinational political party, EPRP, the first political party in contemporary Ethiopia and the most popular party at the time; And by Ato Gebremedihin Araya of former senior member of TPLF (who also admitted past mistakes and asked t forgiveness from the people at large with great humility), based on recent interview with him by one of the Diaspora forums, he was also part of group which carried out the selling of grain from Food Aid to Sudan merchants to benefit tplf with hard currency. I could go on and on.

By the way, who set up the bombing (massacre) of Hawzen, a huge market where, in that fateful day, people from all districts and sub districts came to buy and sell goods ?

Who called TLF for a late evening conference only to slaughter them while in their sleep?

Who sold (gave away for a political favor) a size 1400*40km land to the Sudan in the north west of Ethiopias?

Who is using to day relief food as a weapon to force political loyalty in Ethiopia today?

Dear Mr.Winer: Once you have the answers to the above, you would realize that the apple would not fall far from the tree.

Good day Sir!