One distinction between us and the neighbours south of the border is the value we accord to human life. From day one, almost all our martyrs have names and records. In the worst moments of our armed struggle, we cared for tens of thousands of Ethiopian prisoners-of-war.
The massacre of Tsorona has left many of our fighters and people horrified about the human mass slaughtered in 3 days of fighting. Perhaps it's the sheer numbers of Ethiopians that has devalued life. 300,000 die per year to AIDS. They don't care about making "human waves" an Ethiopian trademark.

In Eritrea, we need people. We value people. That's why, bartering land for the safety of our people makes sense at the end of the day. The land is ours and will never go anywhere. The bottomline is telling Ethiopia, sorry, you're landlocked. With or without war, that will happen.
Eritrea needs its people. The marauding TPLF hordes will continue their suicidal venture in Eritrea. Let's not fool ourselves. They will pillage and ravage, like Attila, but they will never reverse Eritrean independence.

When push comes to shove, the "mother of all battles" may need to transpire before the sun rises again. In this scenario, controlling land is
inconsequential to the final outcome. In the meantime, the TPLF can rejoice in the temporary state of anxiety created in the diaspora. At the end, that will be its only achievement of the suicidal contract it signed by invading Eritrea.

If you're still worried to the extent that you cannot sleep, please exit from TPLF's book of despair and return to your focused state of mind. It
will get worse before it improves. Stand still and hear yourself: your resilience and resolve should clear any lingering thoughts of hopelessness.

 amanuel