ስለዚህ ኢትዮጵያ አሁን የቀረበላትን ስምምነት እንድትፈርም አሜሪካ የሚታስገድድ ከሆነ ግብጽ በወንዙ እና ግድቡ ላይ ባለሙሉ ስልጣን ማድረግ በመንፈስም ሆነ በተጨባጭ የNeo-colonial ስምምነት አይነት ነው። ይህ ሀገሪቱ በገዛ ውሃዋ ላይ እንዳትጠቀም የሚያደርግ የአሜሪካ እና World Bank ተግባር ታሪክም ሆነ የአለምአቀፉ ሕግ የማይዘነጋው ወንጀል ይሆናል። ይህም የGreat Britainን የ1929ን የቅኝ-ግዛት ውልን ዘመና፣ ትክክለኛ እና ተቀባይነት ያለው የ21ኛ ክ/ዘመን ሕጋዊ ሰነድ አድርጎ እንደማቅረብ ይቆጠራል።” Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
“….Would the US relinquish its sovereign right over the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, giving mexico(through which the river ultimately flows) control over the management of both the river and the dam? of course it would not. If Ethiopia is pressured to sign the agreement, it would be a Neo-colonial agreement both in spirit and substance that would give Egypt hegemonic power over Ethiopia’s natural water resources History and International Law will forever condemn the US government and the World Bank for their role in reviving Great Britain’s 1929 colonial treaty with a thinly guised veneer and obscured legalese to make it look like a 21st century treaty”.