Should Djibouti merge the Ethiopia Federation

If Ethiopia and Djibouti were to merge Ethiopia would likely not support the continued survival of Camp Lemmonier as it wants to remain neutral.Where is your evidence to this claim? Ethiopia has tons of foreign bases. They will not invoke anything from the US. And you do realize the size of the camp, right? Its not even meant for conventional use. Its a place where US Africom occasionally travels to run exercises and operate drones. They would merge and the base would remain where it is. [1] The U.S is offered a position on the front lines with its camp in Djibouti, if Djibouti were to be attacked by Eritrea or Somalia, the U.S would likely offer military aid in order to retain its position close to Yemen and Somalia. Alright, I'm just going to help you out here. The US will not go to war with Eritrea or Somalia, over a tiny makeshift base. The US would light impose sanctions or maybe increase its naval presence, but we are simply not economically, politically, or socially linked with the country. Or could the 70 men who occasionally pass through the camp are not enough to protect the population. [2]Even if by some insane hypothetical, the US were to defend Djibouti, it would take about two weeks to deploy even a marine contingent. That's all the time it takes for either of the two armies. Especially the imposing communist Eritrean's, who break international law on a regular basis. Lets just be realistic here. Djibouti will almost certainly face a large scale conflict with its neighbors. The only nation who will give the slightest care is Ethiopia, and without military presence in the region, it will be far to late for them. [3] To address point number 2, Djibouti would not benefit a merge with the Ethiopian Federation because the countries, while making good economic partners would not be able to successfully merge. Djibouti is 98% Muslim, and the Muslim religion does not find Ethiopian Orthodoxy to be of the bible.Ethiopia has several muslim states, and Djibouti would be the smallest of the which. They wouldn't be out of place, as Ethiopia is religiously tolerant and diverse. With 18 million people, 33% being Muslim, 43% being orthodox , and the rest being christian and jewish denominations, including 18% protestants.[4]Your statistic is also wrong. 94% of people in Djibouti are muslim, the other 6% being of christian belief. Both nations have good tolerance for religion (Arguably better then the US in some areas), and certainly have a lot less persecution. As for the language, everyone who can speak Ahramic can speak Arabic, and vice versa. The difference minimal to non existent. Don't ask me how it works, but apparently arabic subscript makes it really easy to read/speak another language. [5] [6]The benefit of federalism, is each culturally and religiously unique region, has its own government, independent from the federal one. Kind of like in the US, where we are divided into states. Point is, under a federal system, Djibouti would still be able to govern itself. [7] Finally, addressing point three Djibouti is economically reliant on Ethiopia, but Ethiopia is also economically reliant on Djibouti. Ethiopia depends on Djibouti's port in the gulf of Aden for transport of its raw agricultural goods, while Djibouti depends on the trade with Ethiopia for its use of its port. Both countries could not do without the other. If the two countries merged, there would likely be no inflow or outflow of money, because neither countries would have much business with other countries. A merge would likely hurt both economies.I'm sorry, but this argument makes absolutely no sense. You do know the difference between internal and external growth, right? The money will not just stop suddenly flowing because they merge. It will just boost the revenue within the country,but through internal means.Trade would also skyrocket under a nation with more exportations, and the city would flourish from the influx of shipping and wealth. [8]Djibouti's port, combined with Ethiopia's higher GDP, mean that both countries benefit economically. Lets not forget, that Djibout has historical and economic roots with Ethiopia. And as I stated earlier, merging for economic intrests are not a new idea.[1] http://www.africom.mil...[2] http://www.hoa.africom.mil...[3] http://www.afarforum.com...[4] http://www.indexmundi.com...[5] http://www.answering-christianity.com...[6] http://www.indexmundi.com...[7] http://www.ushistory.org...[8] http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com...