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Xamar fell because said was a damn fool and alxamdulilah he was for if he was even barely competent or listened to advice things would have been very different.Xamar fell because the Cold War ended. The Barre regime lost the financial support percipitated by Cold War geopolitics, no money no soldiers.
I agree that leadership was a mess and the wrong people made it to the top. The Rebels were also lucky that Siad Barre was old and totally dependent on those that didn’t deserve positions of power and degraded the state system.Xamar fell because said was a damn fool and alxamdulilah he was for if he was even barely competent or listened to advice things would have been very different.Xamar fell because the Cold War ended. The Barre regime lost the financial support percipitated by Cold War geopolitics, no money no soldiers.
All he had to do was withdraw to Berbera and try to hold shiekh , keep arming non isaaq and withdraw most of the army to the south.
We would probably still be ruled today by Barre family and have a continuous insurgency in some regions
Siad was obsessed with isaaq and Snm , it explains why nearly 2/3 of the armed forces were in the north tied up.
It explains why the USC with a small core of experienced millitary men , armed geeljire from mudug with zero discipline and cut through the remaining government forces like a knife through butter.
The remaining government forces in the south had greater numbers , years of training, and allot of heavy equipment they were more than a match for the USC why did they lose so badly?.
Leadership is why those that floated to the top of the millitary due to nepotism were morons about as stupid as siad Barre himself while the leadership of the USC were above average close to genius really, because of the raw material .
The greater the quality of your fighting men the less need for leadership at the top. The inverse is true.
The SNM had 10 years experience and it took years to become effective, the USC never became effective because their brilliant leadership used the practically useless millitia to win.
First time missy miss kintir wrote more then a line in her life time in somalinet , albeit the usual Daarood doom and gloom prediction for the eternal Isaaq republic of SL.Anybody who knows anything about s/l realizes the region is at a crossroads.
After 30 years of self declared independence not a single country on Earth recognizes their "independence".
Political violence and electoral disputes during the last election have reignited tribal schisms.
The region is a tinderbox waiting to explode and the upcoming parliamentary elections could prove to be the spark.
However, there is another way.
The leaders of the anti jeegan alliance should openly renounce secessionism and call for the peaceful dissolution of the constitution.
The region should be split into two sub regions, east and west.
A constitutional assembly should be convened to set the stage for reunification with the south along the lines of the 1960 power sharing agreement.The northern region will remain distinct from the south in all areas except foreign, currency and military affairs.
This is the only alternative to renewed civil war and the complete destruction of s/l.
s/l has numerous achievements that can be built upon in a new constitutional arrangement with the south.![]()
Are you serious? all the above were armed and fighting you along side Oromos and the SNA and yet they have lost the war , what kind of a logic that is minority sub clans defeating Isaaq when the later combined with the SNA could not.!! bizarre logic indeed.Xamar fell because said was a damn fool and alxamdulilah he was for if he was even barely competent or listened to advice things would have been very different.Xamar fell because the Cold War ended. The Barre regime lost the financial support percipitated by Cold War geopolitics, no money no soldiers.
All he had to do was withdraw to Berbera and try to hold shiekh , keep arming non isaaq and withdraw most of the army to the south.
It explains why the USC with a small core of experienced millitary men , armed geeljire from mudug with zero discipline and cut through the remaining government forces like a knife through butter.We would probably still be ruled today by Barre family and have a continuous insurgency in some regions
Siad was obsessed with isaaq and Snm , it explains why nearly 2/3 of the armed forces were in the north tied up.
The remaining government forces in the south had greater numbers , years of training, and allot of heavy equipment they were more than a match for the USC why did they lose so badly?.
Leadership is why those that floated to the top of the millitary due to nepotism were morons about as stupid as siad Barre himself while the leadership of the USC were above average close to genius really, because of the raw material .
The greater the quality of your fighting men the less need for leadership at the top. The inverse is true.
The SNM had 10 years experience and it took years to become effective, the USC never became effective because their brilliant leadership used the practically useless millitia to win.
Don't confuse your co-gender sister Bohol's cyber jabahad with the reality , reality is 99.999999% of Habar Yoonis are die hard somalilandersAnybody who knows anything about s/l realizes the region is at a crossroads.
After 30 years of self declared independence not a single country on Earth recognizes their "independence".
Political violence and electoral disputes during the last election have reignited tribal schisms.
The region is a tinderbox waiting to explode and the upcoming parliamentary elections could prove to be the spark.
However, there is another way.
The leaders of the anti jeegan alliance should openly renounce secessionism and call for the peaceful dissolution of the constitution.
The region should be split into two sub regions, east and west.
A constitutional assembly should be convened to set the stage for reunification with the south along the lines of the 1960 power sharing agreement.The northern region will remain distinct from the south in all areas except foreign, currency and military affairs.
This is the only alternative to renewed civil war and the complete destruction of s/l.
s/l has numerous achievements that can be built upon in a new constitutional arrangement with the south.![]()




Afweyne was so obsessed with Isaaq and SNM that he idiotically gave up the Somali claim to the Western regions in return for Ethiopia expelling the SNM. In doing so forfeited the strongest 'nationalist' card he ever had.
Siad was obsessed with isaaq and Snm , it explains why nearly 2/3 of the armed forces were in the north tied up.
It explains why the USC with a small core of experienced millitary men , armed geeljire from mudug with zero discipline and cut through the remaining government forces like a knife through butter.
The remaining government forces in the south had greater numbers , years of training, and allot of heavy equipment they were more than a match for the USC why did they lose so badly?.
Aidid was brilliant. But part of his success is the help and support he received from SNM, without which he would not have had such a smooth operation. Remember it was on SNM advise that he started the USC military wing, they even handed him a base to use which was in Mustaxiil, this was an SNM base originally.
The SNM had 10 years experience and it took years to become effective, the USC never became effective because their brilliant leadership used the practically useless millitia to win.


And the oil will spring up. You have to give up to this folks not even walt disney had this vision.The Somaliland project had high Hope's when a non existent Government existed in Somalia. All those Hope's died in 2006 when an official President entered villa Somalia when the last real President to have been there was Siyad Barre. And look at where we are now Somalidiids face a powerful Puntland in the North Jubbland is raising as the Strongest state in the deep South. And the Federal Goverment of Somalia once based in Nairobi Kenya in 2004 has gotten Stronger with each President that has come and gone since than. Indeed future is bright!

And you still cant defeat a rag tag militia.SL only has laangaab UK for it's partner. And we all know the Brits are Fairweather friends. We have the US and China as allies. Now with Russia calling, we have more veto votes at the UNSC. If anything, Farmajo can call his cousin, Ilhan Omar if you idoors get too uppity. Daroods are united on the issue of you secessionists, no matter our own power politics.
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