Khaem
VIP
I mean a poor backwater like Pakistan was able to get nukes simply because India has them, they defied their American allies and hid it from them successfully aswell.Ethiopia has all the advantages here. Why should they spend decades filling up the reservoir and potentially postpone their future plans for a country and people that is not theirs.
Also the dam will benefit the whole of horn Africa and Ethiopia can export the electricity.
If Egypt attacks the dam, they will be seen as aggressors, the international community will sanction the f**k out of them and their already crippled economy will tank.
Rather than getting on their knees and begging, they resort to empty threats that will amount to nothing
Never underestimate a millitary regime that is determined to do something. 100 million under a strong government can do a lot when under pressure like an existential threat