Eritrea has become an abandoned and betrayed country because Eritrea's best and brightest are scattered around the world and more youth are escaping from Isayas's terror. Not many Eritreans seem to think of the long-term implications of such policy.

A country whose youth are uneducated and who are escaping to go out cannot have a bright future. There are many Eritreans who claim that they love Eritrea. It is one thing to write on paper. But those who such things have neither built any clinic, or school or put up a drinking water facility to even to the people of the village they belong. Their Adi have become no man's land with no running water, electricity, school and clinic. Where is then the Eritrean patriotism? Where is their love of Eritrea? Where is their commitment for the collective good?

Our view is that there are many fake Eritreans who say and write a lot about Eritrea and the Eritrean people but have done nothing or very little to help in satisfying the basic needs of our people. How many of those who say "we love Eritrea" and "long live Eritrea" and "long live our martyrs" sacrifice two or three hours a day to do voluntary work to help alleviate the state of abject poverty of our people? How many have built clinics, and schools? How many have established libraries? But many are going to celebrate and dance on the grave yard of the dead for May 24 Festival in Eritrea.

There is no way Eritrea can be at peace with itself and become democratic and prosperous if only scams and third-rate individuals are ruling a war-torn and resource poor Eritrea. It is precisely we understood the consequqnce sof war and conflict and the hidden agendas of Isayas and his criminal clique that some of us have been opposed to Isayas and Co. for 30 years. But still lampen politics seem to have dominated Eritrean politics. That is why Eritrea is in terminal crisis.

We all must also understand that no country can have a future if its youth and population are not well educated. Nor can Eritrea have a future as long as its best and brightest men and women are fleeing and do not in deeds return to help build their country and people.

There is no way one can build a viable nation when nearly all its brightest and best and those with knowledge and experience are either in the United States or in Europe or in the rest of the world and giving a mere lip service to the plight of Eritrea's poor, women and children?

It is time for many Eritreans to collectively bring their minds and heads together to build factories that produce goods and services as well as Peoples Palaces, castles, and agricultural farms and build schools and hospitals that would show our collective civilization. Otherwise, we should not delude ourselves with false pride. After all, many Eritreans are migrating to other countries to satisfy their basic needs and in search of a better life.

Unless we reverse such trend, Eritrea will not have a bright future at all. It is time to seriously address and debate Eritrea's current and future problems in earnest. So far, our politics has been emotion driven. It is time to resort to humane and developmental politics. That is what will make us different from the current beasts in power in Eritrea.

We like to take this opportunity to invite all concerned Eritreans in Diaspora to do what they can to be honest to themselves and to be a People with dignity and show civilized behaviours. It is time to stop playing games with the plight of our poor and the dead. On our part, we are ready and willing to establish a library as soon as Isayas is out of power. We have been collecting books and materials ever since. We take this opportunity to appeal and invite all genuine Eritreans concerned to help and join us in such a noble effort. Our aim is to give hope in time of despair and to show light at the end of the tunnel in the era of darkness and hoplesness.

For civilized exchange of ideas we can be reached via Fisseha@planet.nl

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