This is very much true, Somalia is a weak state and thus our two neighbors will take advantage of our weak position. To Kenya and Ethiopia, Somalia has always been their #1 security problem. They have large tracts of our land, and will do whatever they can to prevent the emergence of a strong state in Somalia.
Time though is not on Somalia's side. Kenya and Ethiopia are growing at 6% and 10%, and are diverging from Somalia in all measures. A decade from now, these two countries will have a combined population of 165 million and a combined gdp of around $250 billion. Somalia already has no choice but to accept their dominance and to at least maintain the borders we have. I think it will be a great achievement if we are able to not lose more land, and actually keep what we have.
Very intelligent argument he makes. can the xabashi haters come up with a non emotional response
Anyone who advocates for Somalis to go to war with Ethiopia is not to be taken seriously. We are a tribal people while they have been a standalone civilization for 2,300 years and a centralized state for 140 years. Ethiopia can raise a 250,000 man army at a moment's notice, lose half of that army, and replace those lost in a week without flinching. Every time Somalis have gone to war with Ethiopia, the Somali state of the time collapsed. We used to live in large numbers in places like Dawaro and the Ahmar mountains but we lost those areas to the Xabash and the Oromo after the war in the 1530s. The Somali state collapsed in 1991 as a direct result of challenging Ethiopia. We always win some battles in the beginning, but then the advantage in sheer numbers and resources starts to show you why its all futile.
Somalis hate to confront reality, a tribally organized people from a semi desert will never defeat a verdant centralized state in the 21st century. Ama cirka u ooya ama dhulka madaxiina galiya.
Anyone who advocates for Somalis to go to war with Ethiopia is not to be taken seriously. We are a tribal people while they have been a standalone civilization for 2,300 years and a centralized state for 140 years. Ethiopia can raise a 250,000 man army at a moment's notice, lose half of that army, and replace those lost in a week without flinching. Every time Somalis have gone to war with Ethiopia, the Somali state of the time collapsed. We used to live in large numbers in places like Dawaro and the Ahmar mountains but we lost those areas to the Xabash and the Oromo after the war in the 1530s. The Somali state collapsed in 1991 as a direct result of challenging Ethiopia. We always win some battles in the beginning, but then the advantage in sheer numbers and resources starts to show you why its all futile.
Somalis hate to confront reality, a tribally organized people from a semi desert will never defeat a verdant centralized state in the 21st century. Ama cirka u ooya ama dhulka madaxiina galiya.
We defeated 1/2 million Ethiopian and Somalis were 70,000 pushed them to Sidiama and they did not replaced their soldiers but they run to Soviet Union and which backed them with 1500 Soviet "advisors" and 15, 000 Cuban soldiers. Also North Korea and East German helped Ethiopia and east European bloc all these against 70,000 Somalis says lot !!!!!
What's the intelligent argument this dumbass made?! I was with him until he said we need Ethiopia but didn't explicitly say that Ethiopia needs us. He is mentally abused and suffers from PTSD I presume because that's a whole other level of coonery and low self esteem