We would not have expelled USSR from our country if it weren't for their strategic shift.
They saw Ethiopia as more important than Somalia and a country to ally with in the Horn to the detriment of our Somalia's relationship with the Soviets. More population means more customers to USSR exports. The Soviets, after the coup, attempted to turn the event to their advantage just like Supreme Revolutionary Council. However it backfired on them and the Scientific Socialism that Mingiste adopted led to his country's demise as well as Somalia.
We should not have attacked that strip of land called "Ogaden". Look now where we are.
Should Abdillahi , the current president, be the only glimpse of hope left for us? It could be.