I think Siad Barre gets blamed for what essentially a Somali failure. If you people weren't so tribalistic you would never have had a dictator in the first place, you would never have bombed your own people, you would never have killed each other over clan for 30 years, you would never have created tribal states for security reasons, you would never have supported terror groups who don't operate in your tribal regions, you would have gotten together and sorted your country out a long time ago. You people have never been together, you've never liked each other and I guess it must be nice to have one hate figure to bring you all together.
How is Siad Barre different to the recent presidents (TFG, SFG) who brought all manner of safari animals (Kenyans, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Burundians etc) in to kill your people?
30 years later, and there isn't a man that can unify Somalia (North and South) like Siyad Barre.
30 YEARS later, and there is not a single being capable of leading the Somalis to success.
Siyad Barre didn't ruin Somalia, in fact he want to war to unify Somalis outside of Somalia.
You have nothing that can compare to the Barre government. Whether it be through economically or militarily.
He was a great leader, with faults and flaws. The only leader that has never committed faults was the prophet (SCW)
Were human at the end of the day, and of course we'll have our flaws. BUT has there been someone whos wadani enough to take the title,
"aabo siyaad?" Anyone brave enough to bring North and South Somalia together?
Were being divided by Ethiopians and Kenyans.
Do you think if Barre was alive we'd be divided by these people?
Let's be honest. He was a wadani. He turned us into an African superpower and a role model of the continent.
We've lost that respect the moment he left the seat, and 30 years later. Ain't no one tryna respect us.
We had unity. From Hargeisa to Muqdisho. Kismaayo to Garoowe. You name it.
Today, what are we? No one is any longer Somali, qaar waa Itoopiyaan, qaarne waa kenyaati. SMH.