US shouldn’t take sides in Ethiopian dam negotiations

A totally unnecessary conflict is growing in Africa between Egypt and Ethiopia. The conflict may grow larger, pitting the Arab League against the African Union.
The United States had been a constructive force in fostering compromise and, to the extent agreement was not immediately possible, in containing the conflict to only the three nations directly involved: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.
At the end of February, however, the U.S. moved from the position of neutral mediator to becoming a partisan