First lets separate two things: ONLF struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and the notion of Ogadenia.
ONLF struggle is legitimate in the sense of fighting an oppressive Ethiopian occupation. In this they have my respect, and moral support. Also, the strategy of first staring with the own group and lands, instead of the ''WSLF'' strategy is the right one considering the post-1991 environment Somalis are in. Somali groups in Somali Galbeed should join the struggle, since they are no better of under the half a century Ethiopian occupation. In this they should start their own guerrilla organisations and target the enemy in their own regions.
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What strikes me these days is that some supporters of ONLF go further then the notion of: ''fighting in own regions and beginning with the own group'' and look into, the question: ''Whats next after the victory'''
In this they have come with the concept of Ogadenia, which means nationhood.
I fing this disturbing since it goes further then the concept of ''Somaliland'' in that it monopolizes the whole region, and names it after a group. Eventhough ''Somaliland'' is dominated by one group, they are still fair to call it ''Somali'' to hide the dominance ...but whats up with the ''Ogadenia'' concept lol.
Somalia has in its 30 years of existance preoccupied itself with the policy of liberating Somali lands under occupation, in this we have sacrificed time, energy, blood and money in two wars to liberate these lands. We could have invested these time, energy, blood and money into internal development, like building a sound economic base in Somalia, building and strengthening the state appartus and nation-state etc. Instead, we went into two wars, with the last one kinda contributing to the downfall of the once promising socialist regime.
Judging from how things are, Somalia will never allow particular groups to go ahead and masquerade their clan-ambitions into nation-ambitions. Hence, why ''Somaliland'' is opposed by most Somalis, and hence why most Somalis suspect the notion of ''Ogadenia''.
What are your views on this notion of ''Ogadeniya'' which means nationhood for Somali Galbeed region?
