You know he's got a million Dems and Congressmen who will wire him the money, or pay someone in his sphere to go buy his ticket and take him to the airport. I bet he's not there more than a day or two. All he needs to do is make a phone call.
With what phone? Over what kind of telephone system? You don't appreciate how out of the way Eswatini is. How do you suppose the money would get to him? How do you suppose he would clear exit through the airport? Passport, much? You are imagining that Eswatini is like Rhode Island. Compared to Eswatini, Rhode Island is like Metropolis. The wildlands have lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. As for cold-blooded life, they have crocodiles, cobras, and mambas. No, he will be there as long as the King permits him to live there. A little bit of food deprivation and he will be quite compliant. Africans may be primitive in their outlook, but it means they have utterly no trace of or patience for woke mercy. When they take a prisoner, he does not escape them.
Now, to look at this photo, would you guess that the inhabitants have electricity only a few hours a day, that their aquifer has run dry and everyone must purchase water supplied from outside, that the internet service is a crap shoot and telephone calls are frustrating to complete, that poverty in the streets is rife along with urchins, that the police are so poorly paid they have no petrol for their automobiles, that the courthouses are in disrepair with mostly non-functional restrooms? This is the ground truth, Fren. There are great hotels in Lusaka (I've stayed in a few), but also shabbiness. A common feature of residences is a high wall against burglary, and installation of "burglar bars" over windows. The traffic is dense and frustrating, and the streets are ridden with potholes so deep and wide, they can damage one's vehicle. This is the Third World, where wealth lives cheek-to-jowl with poverty, and the potential is heartbreakingly defeated by negligence and corruption.
Just remember, out of an Eswatini population of 1.2 million, only 110,000 live in the Capital. That's about the size of the suburban city that I live in, and I can guarantee that life is much better here than there. Unless I am very wealthy, in which case it can be good. But where do you think they locate a prison??? (And, by the way, I did a Google map view of it and zoomed in on the city. There are other, smaller cities...or perhaps towns.)
You know he's got a million Dems and Congressmen who will wire him the money, or pay someone in his sphere to go buy his ticket and take him to the airport. I bet he's not there more than a day or two. All he needs to do is make a phone call.
With what phone? Over what kind of telephone system? You don't appreciate how out of the way Eswatini is. How do you suppose the money would get to him? How do you suppose he would clear exit through the airport? Passport, much? You are imagining that Eswatini is like Rhode Island. Compared to Eswatini, Rhode Island is like Metropolis. The wildlands have lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. As for cold-blooded life, they have crocodiles, cobras, and mambas. No, he will be there as long as the King permits him to live there. A little bit of food deprivation and he will be quite compliant. Africans may be primitive in their outlook, but it means they have utterly no trace of or patience for woke mercy. When they take a prisoner, he does not escape them.
Below is a photo of the capital city in Eswatini. Looks more civilized than you suggest:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/downtown-of-mbabane-capital-city-of-swaziland-africa-gm1169544336-323347751
Here's a photo of Lusaka, Zambia, a city of 1.7 million (more than all of Eswatini) out of a nation of 20 million:
https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/651333164849032368/
Now, to look at this photo, would you guess that the inhabitants have electricity only a few hours a day, that their aquifer has run dry and everyone must purchase water supplied from outside, that the internet service is a crap shoot and telephone calls are frustrating to complete, that poverty in the streets is rife along with urchins, that the police are so poorly paid they have no petrol for their automobiles, that the courthouses are in disrepair with mostly non-functional restrooms? This is the ground truth, Fren. There are great hotels in Lusaka (I've stayed in a few), but also shabbiness. A common feature of residences is a high wall against burglary, and installation of "burglar bars" over windows. The traffic is dense and frustrating, and the streets are ridden with potholes so deep and wide, they can damage one's vehicle. This is the Third World, where wealth lives cheek-to-jowl with poverty, and the potential is heartbreakingly defeated by negligence and corruption.
Just remember, out of an Eswatini population of 1.2 million, only 110,000 live in the Capital. That's about the size of the suburban city that I live in, and I can guarantee that life is much better here than there. Unless I am very wealthy, in which case it can be good. But where do you think they locate a prison??? (And, by the way, I did a Google map view of it and zoomed in on the city. There are other, smaller cities...or perhaps towns.)