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**jgztw2es** · 05-30-2010, 07:40 PM

You know what's interesting? Had this been Eritrea, these small clashes would have been described as an 'invasion' and then would have been classified as being a 'war of aggression'. More people have died between Ethiopian-Sudanese, Ethiopian-Somali, and Ethiopian-Kenyan clashes than Eritrean-Yemeni 'wars', Eritrean-Djiboutian/ 'wars', and Eritrean-Sudanese 'wars'. Double standards in media reporting is evident for anyone to see when it comes to Eritrea.

There was a reporter from my city a few days ago that asked me why did Eritrea go to 'war' with all their neighbors, and I told him the same reason why America did --To protect their interest. Then when I told him that the only wars were between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and showed him evidence to my claims he apologized for being naive and falling for media propaganda. If even reporters can't see through the media bias BS, then I don't expect the vast majority to. The mind is such an easy thing to manipulate. Again, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there is no African nation that gets demonized by the media like Eritrea --none.

05-30-2010, 07:40 PM	#39
jgztw2es Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 291 Senior Member	You know what's interesting? Had this been Eritrea, these small clashes would have been described as an 'invasion' and then would have been classified as being a 'war of aggression'. More people have died between Ethiopian-Sudanese, Ethiopian-Somali, and Ethiopian-Kenyan clashes than Eritrean-Yemeni 'wars', Eritrean-Djiboutian/ 'wars', and Eritrean-Sudanese 'wars'. Double standards in media reporting is evident for anyone to see when it comes to Eritrea. There was a reporter from my city a few days ago that asked me why did Eritrea go to 'war' with all their neighbors, and I told him the same reason why America did --To protect their interest. Then when I told him that the only wars were between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and showed him evidence to my claims he apologized for being naive and falling for media propaganda. If even reporters can't see through the media bias BS, then I don't expect the vast majority to. The mind is such an easy thing to manipulate. Again, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there is no African nation that gets demonized by the media like Eritrea --none.
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