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I mean the long-term card beneficial to their cause and agenda for Somalia.
Let me explain why I think they did it on purpose. I already wrote it in another topic before taking a short vacation.
''If you look at the sequence of events that lead to the shamefull occupation of Somalia and its capital, one can clearly see that Ethiopia used its puppet regime to legitimize its occupation of border-areas in Somalia. Like for example Baidoba, Bakool, Hiiraan etc. This was the springboard for the eventual invasion in which they were helped by the ignorant, cloud-dwelling religious opportunists, and ‘legitimized’ by the Tigre Federal Group while the International community silently approves it.
Then, there was the extremist group, who have hijacked the legitimate cause of the Somali people against the Ethiopian encroachment and have distorted the legitimate National struggle of Somalis to unite and ward of any Ethiopian interference in Somalia's affaires into an International Struggle against Western interference into Muslim affaires.
By hijacking our legitimate cause and National Struggle the cloud-dwelling religious opportunists have turned International community against our cause, since the International community became suspicious of the jihad-yelling fanatics. Ofcourse this played right into the hands of Ethiopia's planned invasion of Somalia, since suddenly Washington was more then willing to assist the Ethiopians in their invasion militarily, logistically, financially and politically.
In 2005, there was a Topic created by Nolol Cusub, in which we discussed how the extremist national traitor Aweys would play right into the hands of Washington and Addis Abbeba.
http://www.somalinet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=34315
In that year, we thought he would do this unwittingly........BUT it is now clear then ever that Aweys and co were aware of this fact, and that their defeat was not a miscalculation but on the contrary, a well-calculated evacuation plan in order for the Ethiopians to occupy Somalia. Why would they do this? Their ideology was not convincing, Somali people were Nationalistic oriented not towards the International Struggle of Alqaida. So they calculated that if Ethiopia occupies Somalia and its Capital and Somalis will endure this bitter occupation then eventually Somalis will embrace the UIC since they are the group fighting the occupation. They play the long-term card...the 7 days defeat was just a short-term defeat which they calculated in advance.
How do we know this?
Just look at the leadership of UIC...it is intact, they fought 7 days, and immediately executed their well-planned evacuation operation. Suddenly the likes of Indha Cadde, Sheekh Shariif, Janaqo, Aweys dissapeared.....and now surfaced back again as the leadership of the ''Liberation Alliance''.
If they miscalculated they would not have the time to disperse and surface back again with the leadership intact.''
until real sheikhs come by stick with dowladina. 
