Shirib wrote:
Tell me why it was 'patriotic' to oppose AY but the opposite is true for Shariif?
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@ shirib quoting Xoogsade.
Anyway, to answer your question....Sh. Shariif and C/Yusuf are not the same and although their administrations may have the same problems and barriers to overcome, their leadership styles are totally different. The reason why it became unpatriotic to support C/Yusuf is because he brought Ethiopian troops into Somalia....it's because he invited the US to bombard people and their livelihoods....it's because he is a warlord and a traitor of the worst kind. Although most of us had serious reservations about him as a person, you didn't hear anyone outrightly opposing him before he invited the Ethiopian troops and his actions that followed.
Any government for Somalia is going to face serious problems and it is not for us to point out problems like 'over reliance on foreign support' but to look at ways of improving on the government and ensuring the leadership is good enough to overcome the problems they face.
I believe in Sh. Shariif and I believe he is the right person to lead Somalia out of the madness. Anyone who thinks there are better people out there to bring Somalia out of this or that everything will magically sort its self out is either dreaming or wants Somalia to remain in anarchy for the next 20years and beyond.
Support Sh. Shariif and prime minister Cumar C/Rashiid