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I think this is the same user as the other ‘RX’ mx supporterYou are a RX who supports siad Barre
Somalia was at its peak under siade barres rule
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I don't think you lot, understand what he did for the country. You're only seeing one side of the story.
No the country wasn't functioning correctly, " he was not a bad ruler " - you don't want to give him any credit for what he did. The guy was making lots of changes for the country, yes he messed up, but you have to give credit where credit is due. And he wasn't at fault for the civil war
what is up with mx pretending to be members of other clans online?
Siad Barre greatest somali leader ever who ruled over most territory even though Ethiopia occupation was short lived . He was to soft on traitors should have feed people like aided and Yusuf to hyenas instead of short prison sentences. He should have read machavelli and studied stalin and mao
Siyad barre AUN, prevent the civil war by 21 years. If no coup happened. Somalia would have been In civil war on 1969
The government under Siad Barre was still corrupt because his family, sub clan and his trusted circle were the exception.
I'm rahanweyn and proud
This only happened towards the end of his regin
Barre Took over a " COMPLETLY FORMED " government, It was easy because he had to Build on a Foundation that was set before him, Presidents Unified and Passed Laws Allowing Somalis to MIx and Mingle so when Barre came it was Easy take over.
He added Education and Sciences, and Used the Central Government Funds to build the Country.
Look at all the USSR help before Barre came to power.
In 1962 the Soviet Union agreed to grant a US$32 million loan to modernize the Somali army, and expand it to 14,000 personnel. Moscow later increased the amount to US$55 million. The Soviet Union, seeking to counter United States influence in the Horn of Africa, made an unconditional loan and fixed a generous twenty- year repayment schedule.
During the rest of the 1960s, the Soviet Union provided Somalia with a substantial number of T-34 tanks, armored personnel carriers, MiG-15 and MiG-17 aircraft, small arms, and ammunition. Approximately 300 Soviet military advisers deployed to Somalia to train the army, and about 500 Somali pilots, officers, and technicians received training in the Soviet Union.
Until Siad Barre seized power in 1969, Somalia's Western orientation and small amounts of United States and West German aid to the Somali police force limited the impact of Soviet military assistance. After the coup, however, Siad Barre embraced scientific socialism and the Soviet Union became Somalia's major supplier of military matriel.
Over the next eight years, the Somali-Soviet military relationship prospered. In 1972 Defense Minister Andrei Grechko visited Somalia and signed an agreement to improve and modernize the port of Berbera in return for Soviet access to the facility. The Soviet Union eventually built Berbera into a base that included a missile storage facility for the Soviet navy, an airfield with runways nearly 5,000 meters long and capable of handling large bombers, and extensive radar and communications facilities. Access to Berbera gave the Soviet Union a presence in the strategically important Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf region to counter United States military activities in the area. Berbera acquired additional importance when Egypt expelled all Soviet advisers in July 1972.
Its important to note how Heavy Supported we were by the USSR, Tanks, Planes, Advisors, Port Building, they really propped up the Government, The only Reason America gave support to Barre was to counter this aka they were jealous of the Hight's that Somalia reached.
Siad Barre had the potential to be the Greatest Leader but that 77 war, mismanagement of Economy and Military, and the fight against Clans is what lead to this down fall.
