The Golden Opportunity

[AbdiWahab252]

Xabash are retreating.

Victory is at hand.

Now is the time to form a National Unity:

1. President - ARS Djibouti

2. Prime Minister - ARS Asmara

3. Chief of Shura / Chief of Parliament - ARS Asmara / ARS Djibouti

4. Minister of Defense - Civil Society

5. Minister of Foreign Affairs - ARS Djibouti

6. Chief of Intelligence Services - Civil Society

7. Minister of Finance - Civil Society

8. Minister of Social Programs (Health, Education, Foreign Aid programs) - Civil Society


Assumptions:

1. Civil Society groups are to be free of influence and support for any of the ARS groups.
2. 24 month term followed by elections in 2011.
3. Focus on eliminating Treacherous Elements of the Vichy TFG through armed force & intelligence operations.
4. General Amnesty to all NONMANAGEMENT of the Ex-TFG but all management & decision makers must stand trial
5. Security arrangements with friendly governments to bolster the Defense forces: Technical & Military Assistance from Eritrea, Iran, Qatar, India, Republic of China (Taiwan), Sudan, Libya etc.

[FAH1223]

what about domestic policy such as reconstruction, clean up of our beaches, paved roads

[AbuShabab]

AbdiWahab252, what about Abu Mansuur, the leader of the only jabhad that's fighting the Xabash and liberating Occupied Somalia? You give government positions to those (in Asmara, Djibouti, etc) doing nothing, while you ignore those doing the hard job?

[American-Suufi]

co-sign but.

no warlords should be given any roles be they in the tfg or asmara group like indhocadde and like south africa we need to establish a truth and reconciliation commission. somalis are tribal animals and no selective punishments. get rid of them, shame them and leave them to burn in hell for their crimes. revenge will only clone more revenges.

what will u do with shababs and their child soldiers?

[James Dahl]

Minister of Defense should probably be al-Shabab. Those guys you want out of society and in the military, that's what the military is for.

Going back to civilian life, those guys will just be a nuisance and social problem. In the army, their combat experience and fanaticism is an asset, rather than a liability.

The Mooryan on the other hand, need serious rehabilitation, though the best and brightest amongst them should go to the army or back to school.

[xoogSADE14]

The TPLF isn't going anywhere. This is just a change of strategy.

[AbdiWahab252]

FAH,

Those things can be done in a secure stable environment.

AbuShabab,

Mansuur is being OVERHYPED like how Al Zarqawi was in Iraq. He & Shabab are only a part of the struggle not the whole thing.

AmericanSuufi,

No Warlord or anyone who has had DIRECT involvement in killing Somalis

James,

I disagree. You need professional soldiers with management skills not Rag Tag Militia commanders. I can think of several good men who were well decorated heros of the 1977 war against Ethiopia.

As for the demobilization, there should be a well thought out process & experts from Mozambique, Angola, Cambodia should be sought

XoogSade,

TPLF is going. Just make sure you are on the right side

[Goljano Lion]

i like to read Boqor Darood comments........ what you gonna do when shiish kabaab come for you

[AbuShabab]

AbuShabab,

Mansuur is being OVERHYPED like how Al Zarqawi was in Iraq. He & Shabab are only a part of the struggle not the whole thing.

Who else besides Al-Shabaab is fighting the Xabash?

[xoogSADE14]

AW

I'm on my side sxb. Who do you support?

[gurey25]

assumig everything goes well as in the rosey picture you painted and the Ethiopians leave.

Demobilization is doable but you have to include the current fighters into the millitary.
You should get a large chunk of the alshabab into the millitary simply to keep them under control..

Somaliland had similiar problems but we had better control..
from 5000-6000 fighters in 88 to over 50,000 in 91, the millitias multiplied as they got acess to SNA captured weapons, and we still managed to demobilize about half.

the army was supposed to be cut to 5000 as planned in 91, but due tot he 92-93
civil disturbances and the 94-96 civil war the army has continued to hover around 25,000.

keeping all those men in the army and payed and fed costs half the budget,
but the reward is peace and no mooryanism.

[Somalian_Boqor]

AbdiWahab252 like your wishful thinking. but the power base of the TFG isn't Ethiopia but Northeast Somalia. Just like the Resistance power base is South Somalia.

[Son_of_Somalia]

AW i like your idea's i just wish we had people like yourself to advise our leaders of the somali liberation forces.

[Digital-Infidelity]

"American-Suufi"]co-sign but.

no warlords should be given any roles be they in the tfg or asmara group like indhocadde and like south africa we need to establish a truth and reconciliation commission. somalis are tribal animals and no selective punishments. get rid of them, shame them and leave them to burn in hell for their crimes. revenge will only clone more revenges.

what will u do with shababs and their child soldiers?

A "truth and reconciliation commission" is all good and dandy, but the reality is that some groups in Somalia need to pay for the actions they have committed. It is only fair and the right thing to do. Only then, after an equal playing field is created can we forgive and move-on. The people of Mogadishu need and should have the last laugh.

my 2 cents worth

[Captain24]

Twisted, ahah. Honestly, I don't understand you at all. How can you create an equal playing field? And who exactly are you trying to punish?