We miserably failed our people. We should be strong enough to admit that we are also culpable. Now, we cannot point-fingers at the leaders and blame them for everything. That will not be fair. We have to intimately familiarize ourselves with international laws and norms so that we can legally play them to the advantages of the Eritrean people.
First impression is important.
Most importantly, a small nation such as Eritrea will always need international law be on its side. Even mighty nations such as the USA always take extra caution and do the laborious leg work of covering all bases of international law and diplomacy before they engage themselves in military activities. They say appearance is deceiving, though in the diplomatic world appearance is reality. Once a false appearance takes a grip it becomes difficult to change it to conform to reality. The world did not even raise a voice.