Postby abdirisak22 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:34 pm
77-78 war with Ethiopia was morally right one but there was a tactical issues. Somali went war without having an alliance which favored to the end the badly defeated Abyssinian army, only after Soviet sent a massive military assisstance, Cuban, south Yemens, Libyans and East German armies to help Abyssinians, then the momentum of war was reversed and tide had turned against friendless Somalia.
We lost that strugle tens of thousands or more of the best of Somali national army, freedom fighters and civilians we wanted to liberate cought in the crossfire. to say it was a mistake is indeed is a blind and unsomali statement, discrediting the spirit of Somali nationalism and disrespect our parted mujaahidiins who gave their lives to the nation. many of us lost fathers, Brothers, sisters and close relatives, a great hope to reclaim of our people and Somali land which we dreamed so long to reunite once again.
I am not going to say to you what my gut is telling me to say so i would keep it by myself cuz it might do disservice to our heroes of that strugle.
I can imagine where u coming from it is what the Somalis invested last 30 years a self hate and self defeating clanish mentality and u are not alone our stray son heritage, any Somali who had little nationalism left in him would disagree with you not to mention our people who are under Abyssinian occupation.