Somaliweyn was never established before in history so the very idea of all Somalis across the peninsula uniting is a very new idea. No Somali espoused these sentiments until the Mad Mullah.
The reason Somaliweyn was never united is simple. It's the lack of basic infrastructure to connect the vast territory. In America the U.S. government built the Interstate Highway not to just enable commerce and leisure travel to take place across the continental United States. But more importantly to be able to deploy federal forces anywhere, in ample time. Somalia's government lacks that because it lacks basic transport infrastructure.
Infrastructure is so critical to nation building and winning wars. Alexandria the Great was so successful militarily not because he was a brave man, but because he was a pioneer in logistical militarism. He was able to move his forces on the enemy in such concentrated formation that no enemy would be able to resist his forces. He concentrated his forces at one point to break the formation of an enemy evenly spread. This strategy always works but most nations in warfare lack the infrastructure to make it happen.
In short, unless and until Somalia has a national highway network and forts along it that enable mechanised armies to deploy anywhere in the country within a day, no government in Mogadishu will have control over the nation.
The reason Somaliweyn was never united is simple. It's the lack of basic infrastructure to connect the vast territory. In America the U.S. government built the Interstate Highway not to just enable commerce and leisure travel to take place across the continental United States. But more importantly to be able to deploy federal forces anywhere, in ample time. Somalia's government lacks that because it lacks basic transport infrastructure.
Infrastructure is so critical to nation building and winning wars. Alexandria the Great was so successful militarily not because he was a brave man, but because he was a pioneer in logistical militarism. He was able to move his forces on the enemy in such concentrated formation that no enemy would be able to resist his forces. He concentrated his forces at one point to break the formation of an enemy evenly spread. This strategy always works but most nations in warfare lack the infrastructure to make it happen.
In short, unless and until Somalia has a national highway network and forts along it that enable mechanised armies to deploy anywhere in the country within a day, no government in Mogadishu will have control over the nation.