You must be a pathetic idiot really to think that way.
Why would he die for this shit of a government.
The average salary is 150$ if he is lucky.
Who will die for this salary.
If kick out the AU troops that each soldier of them take 2000$ and give our national army 1000$ then they will fight to death because they know their family wouldn't die of hunger.
People will die for a true leader and true idea not corrupt officials like the current one.
It doesn’t matter who’s in charge or what the govt stands for cause end of the day the army isn’t fighting for them they’re fighting for the people who are being oppressed by al shabaab it’s their job to liberate them you’re not dying for the govt you’re dying for the little boys being forced to blow themselves up in busy markets and the little girls being sold into sexual slavery. If all you care about is money then go drive a bajaaj you’ll make more money the army isn’t meant for people that just want to make a bunch of money and stay out the line of fire it’s meant for real men alphas who want to protect the weak and who take great joy in putting bullets in terrorist scum. If money is the #1 reason you’re in the army then you should pick a different line of work obviously money should be a big factor but it should be the second reason behind the fact that you get pleasure from killing these bastards
The AU troops get paid what they get paid cause they’re better trained they’re doing the bulk of the work and are risking their life for a country that isn’t even theirs you kick out the AU troops Mogadishu will burn to the ground within 24hrs. If reer konfuur want that $1000 they should prove that they’re worth it by showing the world they’re capable of taking over the mission. Take back more cities and fight these guys to the end instead of losing cities and retreating you don’t get a pay raise for doing a shit job.
You’re both missing the point entirely.
One of you thinks this is all about money, like doubling a soldier’s salary will magically turn him into a fearless warrior. The other’s out here romanticizing war, acting like the army’s some action movie and soldiers should be proud to take joy in killing terrorist scum. Both of you are talking like this country isn’t already slipping through our fingers.
Let me be real, this isn’t just about corrupt officials or so-called alpha males fighting for the weak. That’s fantasy. Somalia isn’t falling apart because troops aren’t paid enough, or because they lack bravery. It’s collapsing because the whole damn system is hollow. You can’t feed loyalty with false promises, and you can’t build courage on sand. You want soldiers to die for a flag, while their own families are sleeping hungry in tin-roofed houses, praying the next explosion isn’t outside their door.
You talk about AU troops like they’re some gold standard. Yeah, they get paid more, but they’re not here to live through what comes after. They’re temporary. When they’re done, they fly back to their countries, clean uniforms and all. We’re the ones still here when the smoke clears. We’re the ones burying the dead. If the AU packed up tomorrow, maybe Mogadishu would burn, but not because they were better. It would burn because this government never built anything strong enough to stand on its own feet.
Look around, wallahi. How many times have we seen this cycle? Ceelbuur, Ceel Dheere, Adan Yabaal …. taken, lost, taken, lost again. And nobody asks why it keeps happening. You think Galmudug will hold when their own checkpoints are manned by boys who haven’t eaten all day? You think Koonfur Galbeed or Hirshabelle are ready when they can’t even secure the road between two districts? Jubbaland, Puntland, it’s all just a matter of time. These regional states are dominoes, and they’re already starting to tilt. One by one, they’ll fall. And when they do, people will act shocked, like we didn’t all see it coming.
Al Shabaab isn’t winning because they have better weapons. They’re winning because they know this government is all bark, no bite. The army doesn’t trust the leaders, the people don’t trust the army, and the leaders only trust their clan. It’s a game. A crooked one. Ministers act like warlords, warlords wear suits and call themselves presidents. The clan before the country, the paycheck before the mission. Meanwhile, the Shabaab keeps moving, one checkpoint at a time.
This isn’t a war, it’s a funeral in slow motion. We’re not fighting anymore, we’re performing. Giving statements to BBC Somali, handing out medals while districts fall overnight. The people know. They’re not fooled. They hear the lies, they bury the bodies, they move on.
So yeah, keep shouting about pay and pride, keep pretending this is about honor and heroes. But deep down, you know. I know. We all know.
This fight is over. We’re just waiting for the last region to go dark