Postby Somaliweyn » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:56 pm
[quote="NoAngst."]How exactly would Ogadenia gain independence? Given the prevailing international order, there's no grounds for Ogadenia to seek independence. So independence is out of the question. Regional autonomy is the only prospect in the cards. Given such prospects, you should change your tone towards "xabashi". They're not your enemy, Melez is. What's more ominous they're multiplying like rabbits soon they'll be Africa's most populous nation. It's in the interest of Somalis as a whole to get along with Xabashis. They're not going anywhere no matter how hard you fight them.[/quote]
Look at this defeatist attidute.
One the person says: Xabashi are not your enemy, Meles is.
Before Meles Zenawi, we had men like Mengistu, Haile Selassi, Menelik etc. All different men in different periods and from different ethnicities (but both Abbysinians). Yet, Meles is no different then the ones before him, in some respects he is more harsh then them. So who is our enemy? Meles or the Abbysinians?
History proves my point.
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Second, the person says:
''It's in the interest of Somalis as a whole to get along with Xabashis. They're not going anywhere no matter how hard you fight them''
We can get along with them if they stay away from our security interest within the Horn of Africa. If they stop massacring Somali people, stop invading Somali lands, and stop meddling into Somali affaires, there is nothing that can stop friendship between the two of us.
But, as history has shown and as the current reality on the ground shows, Abbysinians are bent on making Somalis the next Oromo's. And this is something brave, proud Somalis cannot accept.
They have started a game, they will surely lose. They may have the factors in their advantage now, but I see no reason why I should believe that this will be the case in say the next 30 years. Remember, it was just 30 years ago that Somalia invaded Ethiopia and had to be pushed out by a socialist alliance of countries while TPLF was a juniour partner of EPLF and just learning to walk. Now, the same TPLF that could not stand on its own feet at the time we were close to victory, is at our gates, occupying our capital and destroying the lives of millions of Somalis.
Again, give me one reason why I should believe that in the coming 30 years, the odds will not change into our favour?