Eritrea was once an Italian colony. It has a distinct culture, and resides on the Red Sea, as a trading country, dependent upon the sea.

There was a war which lasted 30 years, after its founding in 1952, but the war brought it into the 1990’s. They won. It’s a tiny little country, and its people are clever.

Ethiopia—and one has known sever Ethiopians, who are always the salt of the Earth, wonderful people—wants to overtake Eritrea, simply for access to shipping ports.

We must stand with the Eritrean people as they struggle against Ethipian dominance in the region. …

As my lival convenience store owner explained, you can have access to our ports, but you must pay. And this payment will further enrich Eritrean society.

Please care about this situation, and tell me how these conclusions are wrong. Your thoughts and concerns are like manna in the desert. Let us care about Eritrea.

  • RegularJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    How about we just care about them because they are human beings? If it can happen to them, it could happen to any of us.

    • Myron@lemmy.worldbanned_from_community_badgeOP
      23·
      1 day ago

      In the country of the United States, nobody is going to eff with us, because we have nuclear weapons. You can’t just fly in here and do your bidding. We will make your life a living hell.

      Not every country has this deterrent. They depend on rules-based order, which is being left, by and large, because each country has become afraid.

      It is this fear which is driving a madness, which is pushing us to the brink. But one believes in love. I believe we can push past this utter chaos in our thinking. Because we must, but also because we want to.