From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Tue Apr 28 2009 - 15:54:43 EDT
The Daily Telegraph: Setting a Trap for President Obama and Principled
Eritrea
By Rishan Beyene
Apr 28, 2009, 12:24
The Daily Telegraph's, Damien McElroy's story of 17 April 2009, with its
intimidating tone, is merely designed to provoke President Obama and
principled Eritrea into saying and doing something that would jeopardise
the prospect for normalisation of relations between the two countries.
Indeed, Damien utilises the 'Bush era tactics', i.e. fabricated,
exaggerated and distorted pretexts, to demonise the Eritrean leadership
and to justify military action against principled and law-abiding
Eritrea. For instance, while it is crystal clear that through the
Asmara Conference, Eritrea sought to facilitate an ALL-Somali dialogue
without external intervention (which, by the way, is the only way
forward for both inside and off the coast of Somalia) so as to avert
what we are witnessing today, Damien nonetheless deliberately aligns
Eritrea with al-Shebab for reasons he and his behind-the-scene handlers
know very well. Is there perhaps certain catastrophe that is being
orchestrated with which to associate Eritrea? Time will tell.
It is common knowledge that the aggressive foreign policy of Bush was
deeply resented by the majority, if not the entire people of the world,
including those in the US and the UK. And so was by President Obama, for
that matter; he being from the 'people' and NOT the corrupt
Establishment. At his inauguration speech, for instance, President
Obama reiterated the need for America to shake itself off the Bush era,
a message Damien and his handlers do not seem to heed of. Instead, they
appear to be, albeit naively, on a mission to trap President Obama into
their 'Bush' net.
Indeed, Damien and his handlers seem to want to ignore the fact that
shaking off the Bush era includes undoing the wrongs that had been
committed during the Bush Administration and those committed and
continue to be committed after him by the remnants of the Bush era. One
way of undoing those wrongs is, of course, by NOT legitimising them.
For instance, the 'Bushites' are notorious for creating (or allowing
others to create) realities on the ground in contravention of the rule
of law. The case in point is the illegitimate and the so-called
'government' in Somalia that was transported ready-made from Djibouti,
which, by the way, was facilitated by the remnants of the 'Bush' era
while President Obama was still new in the office and fully occupied
with the deteriorating economy. For the people in the US and the UK,
such degrading act (a ready-made government imposed on them from
outside) would be inconceivable. African people, however, are expected
to accept it with silence, or else, as Damien of the Daily Telegraph
forewarns Eritrea, face demonization, persecution and even being another
'Afghanistan'. Damien's story is indeed a clear manifestation of the
contemptuous attitude he and his behind-the-scene handlers have for
African people and the black race in general as they are still trapped
in the 19th if not 18th century mentality and politics.
On the contrary, thanks to the Eritrean Revolution (also called the
Struggle), Eritrea, among other things, is blessed with progressive
leadership whose domestic and foreign policies are fit for the 21st
century and beyond. In addition, Eritrea's long and bitter struggle for
independence is a social experiment which has vital lessons for Eritrea
and the world at large as it shows what works and doesn't work vis-?-vis
genuine development. However, Damien doesn't seem to be interested in
all that other than in undermining, albeit foolishly, Eritrea's rich
revolutionary history and its sacred mission of nation-building, thereby
to quash the aspirations of the Eritrean people and eventually to
enslave the Eritreans under the Western domination.
With regard to inviting President Beshir of Sudan to Eritrea, why was
Eritrea singled out of other nations which had similarly welcomed Beshir
into their territories, including by the way, their favourite ally - the
repressive Woyane regime in Ethiopia? Would it have made a difference
if Eritrea was, say the fourth to invite President Beshir? If so, which
convention is it enshrined in, other than the Daily Telegraph, of
course?
What matters here is, of course, that there was worldwide condemnation
of ICC's unwarranted interventions in the Sudan long before its
politically motivated decision was made public, a fact Damien
deliberately overlooks in his story. Indeed, ICC's obsession with
Darfur while blindly ignoring the worst crimes against humanity
including the ones in Somalia and within Ethiopia, has officially put
the ICC on the wrong side of history, further proving to the world its
true purpose - a mere instrument for Western domination. The whole saga
is indeed an ample description of the disturbing world we are living in;
a world in which bloodthirsty elements continue to perpetuate poverty,
chaos and instability by infiltrating and eventually controlling
regional, international, governmental and non-governmental
organisations, thereby to advance their interests and ensure domination.
Indeed, the main role of those 'hijacked' organisations, including the
Western media in general, vis-?-vis Africa is to ensure that the
stereotypical images associated with Africa are not threatened in any
way by any positive developments. In light of this, it is not
surprising for Damien and other 'hijacked' organisations such as the HRW
to persecute Africa's success story - Eritrea, by targeting its main
assets, including its capable leadership. All because Eritrea's leaders
want, among other things:
To instil in its people and the youth in particular, the love of work
rather than the one favoured by the West - the culture of dependency
that would enable them to control 'target' nations. (Mind you, 'The
Western aid' is their 'remote control' vis-?-vis African countries);
To nurture, for instance through the National Service, responsible and
capable young people rather than the one favoured by the West -
criminal, disobedient and hopeless youngsters who languish in prison
like the fate of 'black' men in the West;
To nurture good neighbourliness by playing positive and constructive
role rather than the one favoured by the West - incessant hatred and
skirmishes between the Horn states by, for instance, invading and
occupying each other's territories.
Indeed, the reason why Eritrea continues to be unjustly persecuted while
the repressive Woyane regime in Ethiopia is being glorified, is because
the former with its positive developments is considered as a 'threat of
a good example', while the latter's 'compliance' is helping the West to
perpetuate the stereotypical images of Africa, hence enabling the West
to keep Africa in 'dungeons' forever.
Last but not least, Damien's accusation of Eritrea as an isolationist
state is like the monstrous Fritzel accusing his rape victim of over two
decades of severing her links to the outside world. It is high time
that the 'Fritzel-like' rulers of our time wake up and adjust their
stagnated and monstrous mentality and politics to fit the 21st century
and beyond. As for their victims, they have every right to oppose the
'raping of their dignity' that have been going on for way too long now.
Needless to say, it is the 'Fritzel-like' rulers of our world (and NOT
their victims as Damien seems to suggest) that relish a reputation as an
international pariah.
Wetru Awet N'Hafash!
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