DESPITE ETHIOPIA'S VAST NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT IT GETS FROM DONOR COUNTRIES ITS PEOPLE REMAIN STUCK IN THE DEADLY GRIP OF POVERTY AND DESTITUTION WHILE POUNDED BY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND BRUTAL TYRANNY. THE MILITARY DERG AND ITS SUCCESSOR EPRDF MADE THE COUNTRY A LABORATORY OF FOREIGN IDEOLOGY; TOOK THE WRONG APPROACH WITH THEIR POLITICS OF EXCLUSION, CLASS STRUGGLE, "RED TERROR," "ECONOMIC APARTHEID" AND ETHNIC POLITICS. THEY SET THE WRONG PRIORITIES, AND LACK THE NECESSARY VISION AND DIRECTION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THEIR PEOPLE. THEY REFUSED TO LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES...