King-of-Awdal wrote:James Dahl wrote:The Islamists weren't so bad, they're certainly better than the alternative.
Somalia needs to put its house in order first. Without a monarchy or a dictatorship, it is inevitable that liberalization and personal freedoms will follow the establishment of a national government not beholden to clan interests. It is important to establish that the leader of the state cannot entrench himself into power.
Prosperity, development and security inevitably leads to liberalization, while systemic poverty leads to the opposite.
Says so Jamac Dahir.

By the way ill be in BC in Dec.

Hey cool, I should show you around Vancouver.
Don't stay in Vancouver very long though, it's actually a bit of a boring city unless you're into outdoors activities like hiking and bike riding.
December's actually the worst time to visit, it'll just rain the whole time you're here and Vancouver will seem like a ghost town.