This is not an Isaaq thing, as much as those guys are on some different typa shaytan ting. AS often compare themselves to the Darawiish. Just recently the big fat terror boy Mahad Karate, described their battles in Galmudug, he says they defeated some US Colonel (forgot the name, irrelevant) similar to the way the Darawiish defeated some British Colonel. This is provocative garbage that attempts to sway young, frustrated and broke kids with no real hope for their future. A few years back, in Mogadishu, my house help -- a HG lady -- would be just like this. I often question Somalis about their roots, how they survived the most brutal instances of the civil war, and try to get them to spill out what warlord they were supporting. She straight up told me Hassan Dahir Aweys is a freakin legend and that she would die for him. LOL. I was kinda sorta shocked, but when you talk to enough locals, understand public frustration, you would be naïve to think that these guys do not have closeted support. Somaliland was protected by the TPLF, now it is Djibouti, the Chinese & American regional interests and British spy tech, straight up. Not to mention their clan based security system.