Oh, come on....don't compare Hiiraale to C/Yussuf.......
Yes, Hiiraale is a respected figure and he has never initiated any hostility towards any Somalis be they Hawiye or Darood or otherwise.
If someone goes to Addis for dialogue that doesn't necessarily mean he is a bad person......he could go to Kenya, he was just in Asmara.
What matters is what he does when he comes back from Addis.......
We both know who was itching to have Ethio troops in Somalia since '70s and it wasn't Hiiraale.
He was actually using his Def. Minister position to veto the influx of Ethiopian troops until the brain dead ICU caused EU, US, Arab League to subtly authorize and fund Ethiopian involvement in Somalia.