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Before and even after the Portuguese come, Somalis have won most of the wars and battles. They have almost won all battles and wars against Ethiopia. Also in the 1970s war, Somalis won most if not all wars against Ethiopians, before Soviet superpower and mercenary Cuba intervened to rescue Ethiopia. So, Somalis have won more than they have lost.

But at the end they lost the war,the same happened to Germany,it defeated France and many other countries in WWII but at the end Germany was defeated by EE.UU and URSS.

Look at this source it belongs to David Laitin.


"The particular brutality, corruption, and increasingly narrow base of Siyaad's regime, which held on to power for over a decade after a devastating military defeat (in 1978) in Ethiopia"

http://www.ciaonet.org/conf/iwp01/iwp01ad.html

Well, Somalis have learned the lessons of the past. In the next wars, they will work hard on winning the last or final wars.

Maybe they could win the last war or maybe they will be defeated again.Who knows that?

But I can tell you something Somalia and somalis will never forget Ogaden War in 1977,when they were smashed by cuban,soviets,ethiopians and Yemen.

I send to you this video,it is a gift from me to you :

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSa6VXRGnk

An article about Somalia:

http://www.hiiraan.com/op2/2007/nov/som ... lence.aspx

This particular conflict was devastating for Somalia on many levels.

Read the article below.

http://www.safka-hore.com/news-5246.html

The latter war precipitated the final dismemberment of Somalia

A somali article:

http://www.alldalka.com/Ethiopian%20Inv ... omalia.htm

Somalia lost the war politically and militarily on its final round

An interesting article about Ogaden War.

After our defeat-we prefer to call it withdrawal.

http://www.wardheernews.com/articles/ju ... eldoon.htm