Alex De Waal seems to be suffering from bipolar disorder is his recent
article on the Horn of Africa is anything to judge by. Those suffering
from bipolar disorder often swing back and forth in mood and world
view and experience moments of fantasy and even hallucinations. Case
in point; Mr. De Waal says Eritrea sent troops to fight the Houthis in
Yemen but also says not much later that Eritrea is supporting the
Houthis?
Of course, neither is true, Eritrea did not send troops to fight the
Houthis and as for supporting the Houthis what explains the visit to
Eritrea by the so called Yemeni "President"
Hadi last year?
As for fantasy De Waals claims that Eritrea supports Al Shabab in
Saudi Arabia were put to rest by the secret cables published by
Wikileaks that use to word "insignificant" (as in very small or
trivial) to describe Eritreas Somali involvement.
Alex De Waal's bipolarism may account for the US intel communities
putting him on the shelf for the past few years, denying him the
contracts he needs to fly about Africa doing Pax Americanas dirty
work.
Received on Sun Mar 20 2016 - 04:35:41 EDT