Could Mohamed Siad Barre AUN have been the Park Chung-Hee of Somalia? (Albeit without the Assassination)

[Calaf]

Unpopular Opinion - Mohamed Siad Barre AUN could have been on par with Park Chung-Hee, if he did not have
a) Fellow Countrymen undermining him
b) His personal preference of Ogaden and Somaliweyn and trying to recapture it, which ended disastrously
c) Exceeding Dictatorial ambitions

Now, how could I compared MSB with PCH?

Well.....

Park began a series of economic policies that brought rapid economic growth and industrialization to the nation that eventually became known as the Miracle on the Han River. South Korea became one of the fastest growing nations during the 60s and 70s as a result.

Although popular during the 60s, by the 1970s, as growth began to slow, Park's popularity started to wane, resulting in closer than expected victories during the 1971 South Korean presidential election and the subsequent legislative elections. Following this, in 1972, Park declared martial law and amended the constitution into a highly authoritarian document called the Yushin Constitution. Formally, the pretense was that the Yushin Constitution was the seventh Constitutional amendment. In actuality, its effect was tantamount to abolition of the former Constitution – effectively creating a new one in an effort to legitimize the new Fourth Republic. During this time, political opposition and dissent was constantly repressed and Park had complete control of the media and military

Siad Barre -

But both had a downfall after policies that made them into Dictator.

Barre's popularity was highest during the seven months between September 1977 and March 1978 when Barre captured virtually the entirety of the Somali region. It declined from the late-1970s following Somalia's defeat in the Ogaden War, triggering the Somali Rebellion and severing ties with the Soviet Union. Opposition grew in the 1980s due to his increasingly dictatorial rule, growth of tribal politics, abuses of the National Security Service including the Isaaq genocide, and the sharp decline of Somalia's economy. In 1991, Barre's government collapsed as the Somali Rebellion successfully ejected him from power, leading to the Somali Civil War, and forcing him into exile where he died in Nigeria in 1995.

Park survived several previous attempts to kill him, including two operations associated with North Korea. Following the student uprising later known as the Bu-Ma Democratic Protests, Park was assassinated on 26 October 1979 by his close friend Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, at a safe house in Seoul.

Well, the problem is that the economic prospering of SK continued even after his death, Somalia stopped AND they went downhill to the point of self destruction, and became as we know what it is today.

So your inference?

 

[Som]

Unpopular Opinion - Mohamed Siad Barre AUN could have been on par with Park Chung-Hee, if he did not have
a) Fellow Countrymen undermining him
b) His personal preference of Ogaden and Somaliweyn and trying to recapture it, which ended disastrously
c) Exceeding Dictatorial ambitions

Now, how could I compared MSB with PCH?

Well.....


Siad Barre -
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But both had a downfall after policies that made them into Dictator.




Well, the problem is that the economic prospering of SK continued even after his death, Somalia stopped AND they went downhill to the point of self destruction, and became as we know what it is today.

So your inference?

Yes there are some similarities. However what destroyed Siad was the ogaden war. After we lost soviet support somalia had to turn to the USA and started taking loans from the IMF after loosing so much resources on the 77 war. The defeat in ogaden encouraged the anti siad opposition to overthrow the goverment since they were disappointed for the failure of the Ogaden campaign. If Somalia won the ogaden war we wouldn't be in this situation. Actually if somalia didn't even start the war against ethiopia the civil war would have never happened. Siad made a huge mistake, he should have stepped down after we lost in Ogadenia