[okie01]

"If it stopped because it wasn't needed, it sounds like it would be beneficial to set up once again, provided the government, would agree, theirs not ours."

It was stopped because there was a bloody revolution, Haile Selassie was overthrown in 1974 and Ethiopia was run by a brutal Communist dictator for the next 18 years.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, I believe Ethiopia has fallen into, well, anarchy. Before Ethiopia A&M, the extension service and the exchange program could be re-vitalized, there needs to be a stable government in Addis Ababa.

[wita]

Excellent point, I tend to view countries with the same rosy eyes I have for the one I live in. As repressive as I might think our govenment is or has the capability to be, there is no comparison to one where a rightless society exist from day to day. A condition we can hardly understand, much less experience as the rightless do.