As an Ethiopian it does not surprise me because,
Eritrea was created for the wrong reason, as USSR was created on the name of ,to challenge the evil western block and to make all people equal.It sounds familar? if that was not the case you could not take out more than a 100 thousands respected successful business men and women out of Ethiopia and swap them with refugees???

I hope to see the change soon

#57 Benyamin

Our options are limited. Isaias will not listen to reason, any solution that would work elsewhere will not work in Eritrea. Many solutions were tried but none of them worked, due to the extreme malignancy of the cancer.

The only option left is amputation, that is military force to destroy the entire PFDJ superstructure. But the one and only solution we have left has its own pitfalls. DIA spent most of his life intriguing against friend and foe, he has wasted hundreds of thousands of lives bzey qel'alem. DIA is not the kind of cancer that will silently be amputated and thrown away. As someone suggested before, he may bring down the whole HoA region with him, if his end comes.

Military force is the only option, and Ethiopia is the only one to do it, but its is risky, it is not going to be an easy ride to Asmara as many are hoping. This cancer is particularly aggressive and will fight back.

#54 Danielw

Love for Eritrea should be unconditional. I love my country and I will do what I can.

What you love is the dust on the ground, the same dust they have in Ethiopia, so you might as well love Ethiopia more, because the dust is better.

You don't love the people, what you love is the land. You don't need the people, what you need is just the land.

Daniel, let me ask you this question, why are the Eritrean refugees in Sudan denied return to their country, if you love the people more than the land, why don't you insist on the return of all the refugees? Why are Eritrean refugees being treated by the Shaebia, the way Palestinian refugees are being treated by the Israelis?

We suffered so much for just a DREAM, Sara Zere wrote about "Real Dreams", a total oxymoron, because there is no real dream, all dreams are false reality.

#41 Eritrea Malaise

So my question to those who malaise with "Eritrea",what is Eritrea for you.Give me the answer in this blog.I need to hear you answer.

Eritrea is its people, its culture, and its religious traditions. Eritrea is solely the people and their way of life, not the land the flag or the Shaebia version of history. Eritrea is not even its dead, because the dead can not influence directly the present, except psychologically , if we permit martyr worship. Eritrea is its living people, we need to recognize this because worshiping death will only bring us more death.

Mulugheta Mesfin

I am not against any-body's Independence, as long as the Independence is meant to serve a good cause ...I am just not convinced your Independence from Ethiopia was was meant for the best interest of the people of Eritrea cos as far as i know there was never an Amhra or Tigrian landlord in Eritrea who used to enslave you and make you pay tax unlike what is happening in your free Eritrea, and yet Ethiopia seems be to negatively affecting Eritrea more than ever before as it has become a scape-goat for every misfortune in Eritrea. So the fact that a voluntary prison-guard took over Eritrea doesn't make you independent...As for the prison-guard being one of your own, it's not what he says he is, but what he does that defines him....I would say Mengistu was more Eritrean than Isayas..

ኣምሓሩ ክምስሉ "ወደሽ ከተደፋሽ፣ ቢረግጡሽ ኣይክፋኝ" ይብሉ። ትርጉሙ ባዕልኹም ርኸብዎ፣ ኣቦታትና ዝፈጠርዎ ምቁር ናይ ምስጢር ቋንቋ እዩ። ሕጂ ንኤርትራ ንኸነላግበላ ኣይንፈትን። ጸላእትና፣ እቶም ኣካለ ስንኩላንና ኣብ ማይ ሓባር ዝረሸኑ፣ ንመንእሰያትና ንጻህያይ ኢሎም ኣዔሽዮም ፣ ከም ጻህያይ ዝቐንጠብዎም፣ ንደቅና ኣብ ድፋዕ ብሓይሊ ዝጋሰስወን፣ ምስ ጸገቡለን ናብ ሊብያን ግብጽን ዝሰድወን፣ ጋዜጠኛታት ትሕቲ መሬት ዝቕፍዱ። ንመን ተዋጊእናዮ፧ጸሪፍናዮ፧ ነቶም ነጻነትና ፈሪሞም ጻዕዳ ይጽናሕኩም ዝበሉና !!!ወሪድዋ ኤርትራ !!!!

reply to ;
semere 1 @ #27
Benyamin@ Still no direct answer
but; eluding mypoint:
Even if we go at your choice of framing the analogy i.e cancer
which may not e true to others; you didn't say anything about
how you cure it. Do you cut your leg and throw it away or do
you use chemotherapy or other .
expect your reply..........................

GG: the ending of your poem is fitting. The geometry of the Eritrean flag I am told has meanings. The designers of the flag had the abundance and the end in mind.  The red triangle is a symbol of the abundance of blood that will be spilled in the beginning and then when goal accomplished the spilling of blood comes to an end. Unfortunately since 1961 Eritrean blood has not ceased to spill. Thanks for reminding me of the endless blood Eritrea required to barely survive. Who wants a nation that swallows endless number of generations without end in sight and I am expected to be proud demanding blood from Eritrea's progeny?

US Federal Bureau of Investigation –FBI–or other western governments, with the blatant aim of intimidating nationals in the diaspora at the behest of the Administration in Washington, are currently rebuking Eritreans: “Why do you support your government? Why do you love your President? You should refrain from visiting your homeland and desist paying two percent tax. We recommend pondering the possibility of union with Ethiopia.” A humiliation caused by utter failure; humiliation that resulted in frustration; and, frustration that culminated in absurdity!
Source: GoE Editorial.