By Mike Bibb
National Flag of Eswatini
From the files of "You Can't Make This Stuff Up," how many people out of a thousand know what an Eswatini is — or where it is?
Here's a clue; it's about the size of Catron County and the above picture is its national emblem.
No, it's not a suburb of Miami, Florida or a delicacy served at a French restaurant in San Francisco.
Nor is it a famous car race — the "24 hours of Eswatini."
It is, however, soon to be the home of a notorious Salvadoran drug dude.
And, it's not even close to El Salvador. Actually, there's a lot of water in between the two.
One more hint, it's squeezed in between Mozambique and South Africa.
Give up?
Take a look at the image of Africa. See that tiny red dot? Yep, that's Eswatini. A postage-stamp sized country in southern Africa.
Which, I'm sure is renowned for something. Every place is noteworthy for one thing or another.
Maybe, Eswatini has exceptionally good prisons. For certain, Mr. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia may be the only Central American dope dealer inmate in the joint.
After he overcomes the language barrier and masters traditional Eswatini prison customs, he could grow to like the place; become a tribal chief of sorts.
Might show local folks the fun times to be had by snorting and shooting a little fentanyl. It's the rage in the United States, killing about 100,000 people a year.
Possibly, Señior Abrego-Garcia will receive regular visits from Congressional Members in Washington. Nothing makes a prisoner seem more important than when his friends from the Swamp drop in to chat about the good old days, and bring him a sack lunch of street tacos.
Undoubtedly, Eswatini's influence in the United Nations is about to skyrocket. The Big Three — United States, China and Russia — are getting ready to find out what playing second-fiddle feels like.
Can the Olympic Games be far behind? Possibly, a Global Climate Change Conference? That is, if there's a paved airport available to land the dignitaries' planes.
All of which proves that the mouse who roars the loudest gets the biggest chunk of cheese.
Viva, Eswatini!
By the way, Eswatini is the former African country of Swaziland. It became Eswatini in 2018. Whoo-hoo!!!
