Yeah but isn't the same thing? When an explosion happens in Mogadishu some Isaaq become petty and redicule FGS incompetence. They laugh at the government, that doesn't mean they approve the terrorist attack itself or laugh in joy on it's civilans casualties but at the corrupt cajis government in cohort with Al Shabaab yet wants to rule them using Mogadishu's seat of government.
Same way when southerns redicule Khat abuse in Somaliland I don't believe they hate us as people because we chew Khat or genuinely get a kick feom seeing it's side effects on the society but because the government of Somaliland wants to become a country they use it as an ammo "You'll never become a country because you're always high on Khat" this is some mid school gossip shit from both sides what's more concerning are the grown ass men thinking it's anything more than that. Do you see us blaming southerns for Khat epidemic? That's exactly the same thing sheesh!
As for Godane there is no difference really. Abdalla Hasan used to brainwash his troops with Janah if they loot livestock, torture people and wholesale massacres of entire subclans in his Jihaad against the British. He also considered anyone apposed to him a kaffir that should be beheaded. What's the difference between him and Godane, technological advancement?
When Barre bombed Hargeisa he told the international community SNM carried out suicide attacks forcing him to uproot and shell the whole city. Terrorism is a loose word it can be easily abused by any side to justify the actions of their own terrorists.
I put Madoobe & Robow on the list for the same reasons I could also add Aweys but honestly there is no difference between any of them we're splitting hair here. Wether someone carried out massacres based on religious ideology or motivated by tribal intrest it doesn't take away from the egregious action itself, it still remains a massacre.
I seen Isaaqs celebrate the bombs as some sort of revenge and you said before why would they do that, there mostly Hawiye victims, I said to you that it doesn’t matter, there all the same to them. You make that distinction, they don’t. I wish I could quote this video where a Isaaq singer lady in a group in front of Isaaqs said that it’s important to make that distinction from what Barre did and what is happening in Xamar. She tried to educate them. Looked for it, can’t find it. Maybe you know what I’m talking about. She also said it was a whole government that attacked Isaaq and it wasn’t a qabil thing.
As for Barre, Sayid, and Godane.
Let’s start with Sayid as he was a man of his time and comparing him to today’s standards is rather unfair but that’s neither here or there, did the Sayid declare war on his fellow Somalis? Or did he declare it on the British? Who was Godane mainly fighting? It was fellow Somalis who were politicians and any other person who was unlucky enough to be near his suicide bombers. If the British never arrived, Darawish would of not existed. And you can say if the Ethiopians never arrived, Al shabab would of not, well they left and Al shabab and Godane still remained and continued their terroristic activities against Somalis as Somalis were there only victims. At least Sayid and his people killed Gaalo and they were there biggest targets. Godane didn’t have the decency of fighting in his own backyard, he had to go elsewhere bringing pain to others, at least Sayid for the most part stayed in his own backyard.
As for Barre, comparing him to Godane is laughable. You can easily make a case for his bombing of Hargeisa was to root out rebels supported by their governments enemy. He has a case for what he did. What case does Godane have? Putin himself bombed the Chechens, any other president would if they didn’t have the capability of sending ground troops to root them out. And I would love to see Barre himself claiming SNM carried out suicide attacks. Please link the source, if true that’s interesting but nonetheless he had a case.