*The Great Betrayal: How Getachew Reda is Scavenging Abiy’s Leftover Power and Sacrificing Tigray’s Martyrs*
In the cynical theater of Ethiopian politics, a new master manipulator has taken the stage. Getachew Reda, once the fiery voice of Tigrayan resistance, has perfected the art of the deal—trading the blood of his people and the legacy of his fallen comrades for a seat at the table of their tormentor. The recent Head-to-Head interview on Al Jazeera was not a political discussion; it was a masterclass in Machiavellian realpolitik. It revealed the final, chilling transformation of Getachew Reda from a wartime spokesman into a courtier in the very regime he accused of perfecting genocide "into an art form." This is not mere political pragmatism; it is a profound betrayal, a scavenging of power from the ruins of Abiy Ahmed's legitimacy, paid for with the currency of forgotten martyrs and unacknowledged atrocities. *From Battlefield to Throne Room: The Ultimate Machiavellian Pivot* Niccolò Machiavelli wrote that a prince must learn to act as both the lion and the fox. Getachew Re...