Why Are We Scared to Talk about Treason?
February 9, 2011
By Ibrahim Abdella
Why are we scared to talk about treason? What does treason mean to you? Is it inviting TPLF regime to
remove the PFDJ regime? Is it aiding TPLF regime to undo Eritrea’s sovereignty and independence? Is it
supporting any action that helps TPLF regime promote its interest at the cost of Eritrean people? Well,
perhaps you might say why waste time on something that seems remotely inconceivable to happen.
But wait a minute. Maybe there is a treason being committed against Eritrean people to the extent of
unbelievable scale that we should know. In fact, committing treason nowadays seems to defy the
conventional way of doing it. Remember, treason used to be mostly faceless and nameless. Now, this is
not the case anymore. We know them (the culprits); and they have made it public – bold and right into
our face. This is not an illusion; treason is real and is actively pursued on the ground. The only difference
is that we are scared to talk about it, maybe, because what is happening is hard to swallow.
From the Eritrean National Salvation Front (Ahmed’s group) to Sagim (Tewolde’s group), and to others in
between, they have publicly called for a TPLF regime military intervention in Eritrea. Although crawling
to Addis Ababa and begging Melees regime to chart their political direction has always been a norm
politics for these groups, mostly it was never to the degree of entering an agreement and officially
calling on Meles regime to invade and conquer Eritrea. This new era condemns Eritrean people.
With this, they are working on ways and means of enhancing this treacherous declaration through
various mediums to reach out their targeted audience. They have unleashed their pack of dogs to talk
about it. For example, Mrs. Abeba Solomon, a resident of Canada and a member of Ginbar Dhnet, and
Yacob Ibrahim a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA who goes by the Paltalk name “Fancho” were on ‘Alula
Aba Nega/Tigrean Paltalk (01/16/2011) to explain why they need an immediate action from Meles
regime to liberate Eritrea from the PFDJ regime. They said “we cannot unseat the PFDJ; we need
Ethiopia to invade Eritrea and unseat the PFDJ regime.” The call was unconditional. The intensity and
ferocity of the call, and the urgency to have Meles regime invade Eritrea was brazen that no human
being with a sense of virtue of freedom, honor, and dignity would have contemplated to utter it. The
problem with the discussion, however, was that those poor and gullible souls were utterly confused,
disarrayed, and purposeless in their debate. To put in another way, they were bullying and acting like
unattended children against those who confronted them with tough questions. Simply put it, they were
a laughing stock, not to mention their total lack of 101 politics. I am sure ‘Alula Aba Nega Paltalk’
members were flabbergasted by the political gullibility of Mrs. Abeba, Fancho, and others. These people
lost faith and pride on the Eritrean people, and turned insulting and disgraceful to their own nation. Yes,
these jackasses think they know what they were talking, but what they do not know is that they have no
faith, pride and dignity left in them; and that they are just walking on the path of capitulation and
treason on behalf of the self-serving traitors. After all, if you lose your own pride and faith as a person,
you are the last person to have a say on the affairs of the Eritrean people.
Waving a white flag to Meles regime or any other force is not an Eritrean nature by any stretch of
imagination. But few among us have disowned the patriotism, loyalty, and perseverance that
characterized Eritrean people throughout the past generations. These attributes have been lost in these
people. The unwavering belief that cemented Eritrean people’s aspiration and destiny is now beyond
reach for these people; suddenly, they have fallen apart, lost their pride, and gone beyond redemption.
However, they may have missed a history to notice, which could have alleviated the nightmare and
perpetual pain that keeps pounding their head, and i.e. renouncing their Eritrean citizenship. History is
full of such events in which citizens of one nation disown what is theirs and embrace citizenship of other
countries without committing crime or treason against their native country. Many Americans, for
example, took up Canadian citizenship during the Vietnam War. So, too were many Russians in the
1920s and 1930s who became citizens of other countries. My question is if these groups love “mother
Ethiopia” so much, I would say they should see themselves as they are and be Ethiopians. Bereket
Simon, an Eritrean native, has done it; he never pretended to be an Eritrean; he is the highest-ranking
politician in Ethiopia.
Undoubtedly, Eritreans are keeping a watchful eye on Ahmed Nassir group and his cohorts who are not
only drumming and dancing with TPLF regime to crush Eritrea people’s faith and aspiration, but also
waging a vitriolic campaign to separate Eritrean people from thinking about their country. Until recently,
the possibility that the Ahmed Nassir’s group and his ethnic groupies would invite Meles regime to
invade Eritrea seemed unthinkable to most Eritreans. But as previously concealed secrets and deals with
Meles regime have begun to emerge (Ethiopia’s new policy on Eritrea, the Addis Ababa conference, the
commission, the campaign against the national and democratic forces …etc), Eritreans have finally
gotten the gist of all that exposes the real motive of Ahmed Nassir in the name of fighting the PFDJ
regime.
They claim to grieve over the situation of our country, but we know now that their only concern is to
muddle the struggle of Eritrea by inviting TPLF regime to extent of threatening the independence of
Eritrean people. Shopping for war and conflict, sparking fire between different sectors of Eritrean
society, and turning Eritrea into warlords’ zone has been the primary task of Ahmed Nassir and his Co. In
following Ahmed’s and Co activities, one sees nothing but their betrayal of trust and dangerous alliance
they entered with TPLF. But letting Meles and his puppet Ahmed and Co to wreck havoc in Eritrea is
unthinkable. After all, Ahmed Nassir’s moral, national, and political standing in Eritrea is long gone. He is
very much known as a man who conceals his own evils while accusing others. Therefore, the attempt of
Ahmed Nassir to shape the politics of Eritrea in the image of TPLF is a futile battle that will ultimately
bring his own demise. Ahmed Nassir will quickly find out that he either respect Eritrea’s sovereignty and
join the Eritrean people’s struggle or side with TPLF jackals and die as traitor.
As the saying goes “do we have to destroy our country in order to save it?” is the question any Eritrean
should ask. Ahmed Nassir and his shenanigans are immersed in the politics of instilling fear and
ignorance that amounts to ceding our national principles – all in service of the TPLF regime. For
example, in his latest low turnout meeting in Sweden, Ahamed Nassir tried his best to inspire devotion
and commitment to Meles regime by presenting the national and democratic forces as hypocrites and
Moslem haters. To be specific he was quoted as saying, “some quarters (probably most of us know who
he is referring to) stamped the August 2010 Addis Ababa conference as a gathering of bearded men.”
The sham conference aside, this statement does not surprise me because this is simply the long failures
and fixations that Ahmed Nassir could not overcome in his career. At the core of the “bearded men”
reference, one finds a well-calculated scheme to create something Eritreans never believe in at all:
associate our “bearded men” with Taliban or other Islamic extremists. Yet, the analogy fits the campaign
of Ahmed to brand the national and democratic forces as Moslem haters. Yes, Ahmed Nassir, the cleanshaved man had to go extra mile and cheer up TPLF regime and act like a happy dog that wags its tail at
its master.
Ahmed Nassir & Co., EDA, and the commission are sitting on a world that fundamentally rejects the right
of Eritrean people to preserve their sovereign nation, as well as to wage their own war on democracy. It
is important for the public to recognize that Ahmed Nassir has been one of the dozen EDA leaders
leading the sectarian and religious campaign, one of the core agendas of Meles regime. He has called on
Ethiopia to invade Eritrea. But all this is a futile exercise because the present and future of Eritrea is at
the hands of Eritrean people. Many capitulators and foes tried this steep hill before, but none of them
ever managed to pull it off. Ahmed Nassir and his cahoots are no different.