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Ethiopia, then the only Christian country in Africa, was imperialistic and interested in private military adventurers to expand their empire just as the English, French, Belgians and Germans were. See Menelik’s statement on imperialism {607290}.
The New Jersey Militia had mutinied and Washington dispatched Howe to put down the mutiny. Most Americans today do not think of George Washington as particularly blood thirsty, but when he was angered he was very tough. In this case ordering executions before the culprits were apprehended or tried or given a chance to explain themselves. What made matters worse for Washington was that there had been other mutinies of troops even in nearby Pennsylvania and America soldiers had plenty to be resentful about. They were ill fed, hardly clothed, and poorly armed. In addition they were often paid late. Washington himself had been the biggest complainer to Congress, but as much as he sympathized with the mutineers complaints, he would not tolerate a mutiny.
The presence of British troops triggered an angry revolution. Ironically, during the Iraq war, this sentiment was communicated over and over again by Iraqi leaders and held by most peoples who undergo military occupation.
