Eritrea loses

[danalwyn]

Eritrea doesn't have a very good record in soccer these days. First they lost a match to Tanzania, knocking them out of the Cecafa tournament. Now, they've lost the whole team.

Apparently the team's plane landed in Eritrea, but the only person still on board was the coach. The team has appeared to have absconded, probably somewhere in Kenya.

This amuses me because it was only yesterday that Isaias was saying that Eritrea was doing fine, and that only the stupid people were leaving a country commonly through to be beset by economic, social, and political troubles.

The young Eritreans who are leaving, he said, are simply "weak."

"We are not at all bothered," he said, referring to the swelling diaspora that sends home money totaling about a third of the economy. "The best brains do not make the wrong choice for their lives."

Now, this is just a suggestion, but you might not want to put all these stupid people on your national soccer team, and just give them their own jet. I'm just sayin'

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, sure we are the angels who abide by the rule of law and always teach by example.
http://www.slate.com/id/2178793/
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Simon

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

The US hasn't been exactly neutral in the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict, but Eritrea does not depend on the territory in question in the border dispute for their national well-being. They've had plenty of time to figure out what they want to do with their country in the interior, and if this is their answer, I don't think I like it. They've managed to take a very promising start and drive it straight into the ground, and attempting to invade Ethiopia probably wasn't a good way to buck the trend.

Other countries have problems, but at least they recognize them. Isaias's attempt to stick his head in the sand doesn't appear to have gotten Eritrea anywhere, and it looks like that's starting to show.

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

This is entertaining news. No, no problems in Eritrea what so ever. Just like there are none in DROC, or Swaziland!

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

But I need all those houses for my wives! And the jet! Honest.

I haven't been impressed with Eritrea since the great EPLF/TPLF split resulted in the Ethiopian-Eritrean war. I'm not sure quite what they think they're doing, but whatever it is, it obviously hasn't paid off yet.