Mataan_Ciideed wrote:eyes only
don't fall for grant's trap. grant has been taking subliminal shots at the somali people since his first day on snet.
what grant is failing to understand, is that guerrilla warfare is part of modern warfare, and that u don't have to decisively defeat your enemy in battles. guerilla tactics are to bog down the enemy, make them suffer heavy losses, and force them to change their initial objective of war or retreat. for instance, the vietnamese didn't decisively defeat the americans in any battle, but thru guerilla warfare, they've made it impossible for the americans to sustain their campaign in vietnam, and the communist who the americans where tyring to destroy, consalidated their power and the communist party rules nam to this day.
the ethiopians and their american handlers objective of the war was to destroy the islamic movement in somalia, and replace it with a secular government led by ina yuusuf that they could control. initially, they've managed to destroy much of the islamic union and succeeded in capturing the headquarters of the islamic union, muqadisho. but that didn't satisfy the ethiopians and their american handlers, who were hell bent on completely destroying the somali islamist movement. they ( the ethiopians ) followed the remnants of the islamic union deep into the jungles of raas kaambooni ( xasan turki's strong hold ) and were met with great resistance from the ogaadeen mujaahids. it's estimated that the ethiopians lost 1500 to 2000 soldiers in the jungles of raas kaambooni, and were forced to abandon their campaign in jubbooyinka. the muqaawama was able to regroup in raas kaambooni, and soon, the fighting against the ethiopians spread like wild fire into much of southern somalia.
fast forward 2 years later, and it became obvious to the ethiopians and their american handlers that they couldn't sustain their campaign in somalia, and had to look for a face saving exit strategy, and that came in the figure of sheekh shariif and his less militant wing of the islamists.
the islamist who the ethiopians and their american handlers tried to destroy are now ( wether it's sheekh shariif's wing, or the more militant shabaab/raaskaambooni ) basically ruling all of southern somalia.
so for anyone to say that somalis had nothing to do with ethiopia's withdrawal, and that it came about solely due to international mood change is simply naive and WRONG, and doesn't understand that guerrilla warfare is now officially part of modern military tactics.
back to the topic: it's obvious that alshabaab are behind these killings. i believe that al shabaab are a major threat to somalia's future and must be eliminated. hopefully my ogaadeen uncle sheekh turki would make up with his old friend sheekh shariif and help to squeeze alshabaab out of the picture.
I agree with Mataan_Ciideed's final paragraph.
The rest is BS. There is VERY LITTLE to compare between Somalia and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were divided North and South, but the Southern government were French/Western puppets, with what was seen as a non-Vietmnamese culture, while the people were for the most part united in favor of an independant political existence under chairman Ho. The ideological batle was pretty much over before the Americans even got there, and the physical battle was a true national effort. Somalia, on the other hand, is reft by clan, subclan and a variety of religious ideologies that have so far prevented any real national union. The guerilla war in Somalia is being waged by group on group at least to the extent it is being waged against the international and Amisom "peacekeepers". The Darood want to dominate the South, which puts them in conflict with the Hawiye. The Issac want a country of their own. So there is no national unity of the people.
This guerilla war is mostly just killing Somalis, which is why I make the comparison to the Sayid's campaign.
P.S., MC,
Please let me know immediately if you catch me making any more subliminal shots at Somalis. I will want to clarify anything that is not crystal clear and straight on. Subliminal is not what I am shooting for.
