#Oromo#for#Oromiya

Why Oromia won't give away Finfinne land to the Federal gov't of Ethiopia much like what Maryland & Virginia did in the United States of America
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1) The true geographic size of Oromia is larger than France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium & the Netherlands combined. On the other hand, the size of Finfinne/Addis Ababa city is just 0.08% of that of Oromia [by the most exaggerated estimate].

2) This means that it isn't that difficult, land resource wise, for Oromia to give this tiny piece of land (of Finfinne) to the federal gov't of Ethiopia freely [like Maryland & Virginia gave their own pieces of land to the federal gov't of the US on which DC is established]. But Oromia won't do this for a couple of reasons:

A) Historically, Finfinne marks the first spot of the Abyssinian military attack on the Oromo where the later did start losing [Remember what happened to the Abichu, Galan & Gulale Oromo since the time of Minilik's grand pa in the 1920s]. For this reason, the Oromo do regard Finfinne as a historical land in their territory where foreign invasion as supported by modern military weapon did happen to shift the balance of power in the region. Mark this one for historical reason :)

B) Today, the most hostile adversaries of Oromo struggle for just cause are concentrated in this city. The most vocal schools of denial vis-a-vis the Oromo JUST CAUSE and their politico-religious deans are all settled in the garrison town/city of Finfinne today [but next only to the diaspora-based neftegna sons & daughters associations]. These are out right racists who dismiss the Oromo mov't as "racism"--but in their own terms.
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That's why the Oromoo Qeerroo ALWAYS chant "Finfinneen kan Oromooti!"

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