I will keep this short but you will always hear a number of historical revisionism from Somaliland about their clan narrative and greviances of Somalia. Below is presenting their arguments in an easy to read format and the the rebuttal and truth.
1. Somaliland brought calanka and independence
2. Somaliland was genocided by Siyad Barre
Below is universal proof those two talking points is a lie which you can verify with your own eyes or reason in your logical brain.
1. 1960 Hargeisa Was an empty desert with no development and was only a meat garrison supply for the more important Aden Yemen British sphere. They benefit and gained much more by joining Mogadishu, you can see in Mogadishu it was well developed relatively to Hargeisa. As my Abgaal ayeeyo said 'iyago boor wejiga ka yaal bay inoo yimadeen to suck on their progress', u can't deny that point when you go verify what hargeisa looked like. They had nothing and gained much more from union with Mogadishu. It wasn't an equal union with Mogadishu carrying the burden and Hargeisa sucking on the benefit.
2. Siyad Barre did attack them but Siyad Barre didn't start the conflict, they did by creating SNM in 1982(siyad did nothing to them prior to SNM) and they were doing hit and runs on the Somali army stationed there. They also used their people as a sheild fighting from urban quarters. If Siyad is held responsible for doing his national duty to protect the nation from foreign backed clan stooges, then Abi Ahmed must be held to the same standard who did the same to the Tigray and now Amhara rebels. The second BM21 hit on this argument is Siyad Barre is gone, if Siyad was their greviance it's absolutely resolved.
3. Siyad Barre govt consisted of all clans, he can't be held responsible while those who served in his government are enjoying themselves in Mogadishu, PL, SL.
We must note the clans who suffered clan wars post 91 whether darod and hawiye and even Isaaq, their issue is much more harder to resolve as those clans are still present and didn't leave like Siyad Barre govt. To solve Somalia issue is really to address post 91 when clan warfare began as all our issues root back to this point.
1. Somaliland brought calanka and independence
2. Somaliland was genocided by Siyad Barre
Below is universal proof those two talking points is a lie which you can verify with your own eyes or reason in your logical brain.
1. 1960 Hargeisa Was an empty desert with no development and was only a meat garrison supply for the more important Aden Yemen British sphere. They benefit and gained much more by joining Mogadishu, you can see in Mogadishu it was well developed relatively to Hargeisa. As my Abgaal ayeeyo said 'iyago boor wejiga ka yaal bay inoo yimadeen to suck on their progress', u can't deny that point when you go verify what hargeisa looked like. They had nothing and gained much more from union with Mogadishu. It wasn't an equal union with Mogadishu carrying the burden and Hargeisa sucking on the benefit.
2. Siyad Barre did attack them but Siyad Barre didn't start the conflict, they did by creating SNM in 1982(siyad did nothing to them prior to SNM) and they were doing hit and runs on the Somali army stationed there. They also used their people as a sheild fighting from urban quarters. If Siyad is held responsible for doing his national duty to protect the nation from foreign backed clan stooges, then Abi Ahmed must be held to the same standard who did the same to the Tigray and now Amhara rebels. The second BM21 hit on this argument is Siyad Barre is gone, if Siyad was their greviance it's absolutely resolved.
3. Siyad Barre govt consisted of all clans, he can't be held responsible while those who served in his government are enjoying themselves in Mogadishu, PL, SL.
We must note the clans who suffered clan wars post 91 whether darod and hawiye and even Isaaq, their issue is much more harder to resolve as those clans are still present and didn't leave like Siyad Barre govt. To solve Somalia issue is really to address post 91 when clan warfare began as all our issues root back to this point.
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