The Daily Telegraph: Setting a Trap for President Obama and Principled Eritrea

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.