11. Ashenafi Honelign (from Bahir Dar): OMG! OMG! OMG! I hear Issu Wedi Afey His Excellency Girmawi Isaiyyyas Afeworq is coming to my town! I am pleased and honoured that he is coming! But since you know-it-all, why is he coming?
Dr. Newitol: Palm trees! This is what your city looks like:
And this is what Asmara looks like:
His Excellency Girmawi Qedamawi Isaias Afwerki is not pleased with the Bahr Dar city flag colors (it is the same as Weyane State flag colors) so you may want to have a meeting to discuss it because he likes to go to war over everything. Also, refer to question # 13 below: it is a follow-up visit.
12. Haile Measho (from Holland): Is the book attributed to Berhane Abrehe real? When is it going to be published and where can I buy it?
Dr. Newitol: It is a real book; it is published and you can buy it where they will sell it.
13. Hkuy Kaslan (Kassala): I don’t like to read books, but I like to talk about books. Can you tell me the most explosive charges in Bereket Simon’s books? He was a big deal with the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), I hear.
Dr. Newitol: You mean besides his chapter on how much he hates people who don’t read books? His book is boring but the series of interviews he had with Ethiopian media are explosive. Even someone as lazy as you should be able to watch them. Basically: Former Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn is a fool and it is to the eternal shame of Ethiopia that he was its Prime Minister for six years. Also, ANDM and OPDO, the current ruling coalition of Ethiopia, take their orders from Isaias Afwerki.
14. Dr. Debretsion Ghebremichael: Hi Dr. Nowitol! I am the new president of Tigray Regional State. I need an advice, doctor-to-doctor. I have Obama ears. Do I look better like this:
Or like this:
Dr. Newitol: ‘Sup, doc? Neither! I prefer this one:
15. Worried In Massawa: Dr. Newitol, hold on, I think somebody is listening, I will be right back. Ok, I am back. Dr. Newitol, are there any countries which are landlocked but insist on having a Navy? Gotta go!
Dr. Newitol: Sure, quite a few. The largest one is Bolivia because it became landlocked after its war with Chile. It will soon hold the second largest navy for landlocked country because some East African nation is flexing its muscles. Why do you ask?
16. Hamed Muhammed from Akordet: Dr. Newitol, I only watch Eri-TV news once a year, on September 1. I was watching it to see how the celebrations were and I saw nothing. Has the party been cancelled?
Dr. Newitol: Perhaps you missed it when you went to the bathroom because Eri-TV news spent an entire 2 1/2 (two and half) minutes on it. And the show was an entire 1 1/2 (an hour and half). What more do you want? They are just being polite hosts because Ethiopian Airlines has daily flights to Asmara. Important guests coming tomorrow. Maybe next year.
https://www.facebook.com/eastafro/videos/305934466805730/
17. Tewelde Mogos from Asmara: Do you think we just proved Newton’s Third Law has an exception? You know the claim that “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”? Here’s Isaias Afwerki basically surrendering Eritrea to Ethiopia and tens of thousands of his comrades are just watching helplessly.
Dr. Newitol: It’s not a theory; it is a law: so no exceptions! You just defined what “equal and opposite reaction” means; in this case “watching helplessly.” That, in turn, will have its own equal and opposite reaction….
18. Aboy Habtom from Seattle: I am listening to my son’s song on this hippity-hop shouting. One song has Negro Americano man saying “Yago make me lose my mind.” Who is Yago and should I be worried?
Dr. Newitol: You are probably talking about DMX and he is not saying Yago but “you all going.” I wouldn’t touch his music; otherwise, you know who is going to find you? Some old man fishin’
19. Wulad9 from Twittersville: I don’t have a question. I just want to tell you that for every single thing Isaias Afwerki says, there is an opposite thing he said years ago. So there is Isaias version of Newton’s 3rd Law:
This is like trump and his past tweets.
— Wulad 9 (@ZeMike09) September 2, 2018
Dr. Newitol: In politics, they call that “my views are evolving.” Are you opposed to evolution?
20. Confused in Toledo: I am sure everybody else has asked this question but in case they haven’t, it is September now and the peace deal with Ethiopia was signed in early July. Do you have any Ethiopian friends who can tell us what happened to all the “reform” we were promised after peace with Ethiopia?
Dr. Newitol: That’s presumptuous of you: what makes you think I am not Ethiopian? What is Ethiopia, what is Eritrea? It is just names. Anyway, the government of Eritrea has said that it will disclose information whenever it is necessary and those who call for it now are those who are unhappy with peace or belong to special interest groups. So, which one are you: anti-peace, or special interest?
