IA never made peace with being Eritrean, b/se he saw himself as a 'master of some sort', not a leader, nor a servant nor a citizen. His massive but fragile ego and narcissism means, Eritrea was too small and just not worthy of him - ጎብለል ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ክበሃል እዩ ሕልሙ 1/n https://twitter.com/_fan_fala/status/1273007753850740736

2/n That is why he 1)contemplated confedaration w/ Eth on the eve of Eri's independence 2)wasted Eri's resources on misadventure all over Africa trying to ve a say in Sudan,Eth,Somalia,Congo etc 3)frequently makes uncalled for statements abt issues that doesn't affect Eri

3/n 4)get jealous of Africa's icons like Mandela and Kofi Anna 5)when his misadventures backfire, he lashes out on Eritreans and Eritrea, and makes decisions that compromise Eritrea interest

4/n 6)after treating Eri like a mere base whose human,capital& strategic resources r to be exploited to fund his narcissistic misadventure,& completely destroying the country in the process,he comes back & mocks its children when told they r suffering & dying in foreign land...

5/n... ; and belittles the sad conditions in Eritrea by taunting how far the country has fallen *under his rule* (really, you can't make this stuff up)!

6/n 7)in his over 50+ years of public life and giving 1000s of speeches and interviews, he has never tried to make emotional attachment with Eritrea and Eritreans - he has never, even by aaccident, spoke of Eritrea as his country or Eritreans as his people or fellow citizens.

7/n 8)He never attended a single (like, ZeRo)college or university graduation in Eritrea despite standing invitation. But he made sure his smug face is in attendance at the end 'ceremony' of EVERY round of underage military conscripts...

8/n ...Meanwhile, he flies to Gonder at the 1st invitation to attend university graduation showing off an ear to ear smile that you never see him while with Eritreans.

9/n 9)He shut down the water supply of Asmara for extended time, even in the middle of pandemic outbreak, and travels to Oromo, again in the middle of pandemic while the rest of Eritreans are in complete lockdown, and helps to inaugurate a water project with no sense of shame

10/n 10) And, to top it off, he declared nonchalantly that 'we have lost nothing'

Every Eritrean family has lost plenty.

Eritrea didn't treat him like 'guana', he clearly sees himself as one.

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