Serious questions
I would like answers without insults please.
Is the atrocities carried out by Ethiopian government any better than the ones carried out by kenya? Is it because they are bantu or that they haven't changed?
Are we supposed to forget everything without the ones involved being punished?
Will we all be United under one flag and within the same lands?
Won't the Somali people be a minority in such union? Could they not easily team up against us and oppress us?
Because mr.president and the other leaders have shaken hands or signed a treaty we are supposed to believe them?
What will be the benefits of joining them? Economical/political?
Prime minister Abiy wont live for an eternity what if a tyrant rises and betrays Somalia?
How do we know that ethiopians and eritreans have changed? You can change a leader but it is hard to change the people.
Hasn't Eritrea been accused of financing al-shabaab? Only a year ago the sanctions were lifted?
Both Somalis ans Ethios committed atrocities against each other and yes, we have to admit, Ethios have committed worse and hold the upper hand till this day. However, to say that we should create a union because we fought with each other is foolish. All EU countries after WW2 put their shit together and put hatred aside and created the European Union. And btw, what EU countries did to each other is far worse than what Etrhios and Somalis did to each other. Let that sink in.
Officials that committed atrocities should be put in jail or stripped of their rank
I believe in an union not a Cushitic fantasy land.
Somalis will be a minority but that's inevitable. Every country, including Somalia, should have enough power and control over themselves so that they can't be abused by other govs. For example, cut off certain trade goods or ports as sanctions if the gov or people feel abused by other states of the union. The EU has such policies so that members don't fight over sea or land or whatever.
A union with Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea etc would give pretty much full accessibility to the Red Sea and control it. No doubt. This opens so many doors and I'm not an expert but it doesn't take a genius to figure out how much more u can do.
Also, such a union would be much easier to handle and wealth would be distributed in bigger and more equal proportions comopared to other unions such as the EU or Asian ones. The less countries the better.