The fact that it is making Abiy and the other thieves restless is also a victory. Before Fano started the armed struggle, the thieves in power did whatever they wanted with impunity. Even though Fano is not in power, there is a power balance now. Winning militarily is not the only victory.
Colonialism can create division even between people who have the same ethnicity, let alone different. One example of this is the relationship between the Tigrians of Eritrea and the Tigrians of Tigray. Both people share the same language, culture, and religion, yet they hate each other immensely. Eritreans esp consider Tigrians as inferior and don't want to associate with them, even though they belong to the same ethnic group. Nothing angers Eritrean Tigrians more than to be told they are ethnically identical to Tigrians in Tigry. All this hatred is the result of the indoctrination they got from the colonists who came from far away and told them they were superior. The colonists did this in order to create division between families and draw borders to facilitate their occupation.
You can argue about the timing, but as a leader, Abiy has an obligation to do that. If Ethiopia's neighbors want peace, they must do the right thing and hand over the ports they took from Ethiopia.
The Colonists created Eritrea, Dijoubti, and Somalia in order to monitor Ethiopia's trading activities and dominate it by distancing it from its coastline and keeping it under siege. The policy of the governments of these newly-created countries is based on that. That is why they have been denying Ethiopia free sea access and hindering its trade with the international community, and that is why they are not friendly countries to Ethiopia.
And if Eritrea wants a good relationship, it must return the Assab Port to Ethiopia. The enemies that created Eritrea wanted to distance Ethiopia from accessing its own sea coast and keep it under siege. That is why the border of Eritrea is the way it is. But this situation must not continue. But for now, the priority of the people should be the establishment of a democratic government in the country.
The Former Ginbot 7 members and ESAT journalists have a soft heart for the Shabia government, and do their best not to criticize it. They even argue for it against the interests of their own country, by saying the Assab port belongs to Eritrea and Ethiopia does not need it. That is a typical banda behavior. They do that just because they wrongly believe Issays did them a favor during the struggle years against the Weyene government by providing them with military bases. But what they have failed to realize is that it was Issays and Shabia that armed Weyene and OLF in the first place, to create division and weaken Ethiopia.
