Is Somaliland Project Joke of the Decade

[Zak12]

come from struggling regions or nations (cough cough, Djibouti).

All of Greater Somalia is struggling lol. Djibouti Somalis could probably brag about being richest Somalis per capita but not a single Somali territory is actually good by any standard

 

[Idilinaa]

>Be Bektashia a region in Albania in 2024
>Ask your government for recognition
>Gets recognition becomes the newest country
>Be Somaliland Secede from Somalia by force in 1991
>Side with every single enemy against Somalia
>Insult Somalia everywhere
>Eritrea gains independence in 1993 still no recognition for Somaliland
>South Sudan Gains independence in 2011 still no recognition for Somaliland.
>Lobby harder pay millions of hard earned tax money to Useless Journalists and MPS still no recognition
>Sell your land and Sea to Ethiopia still no recognition

If landers were a serious people they'd go the route of puntland and try twist the arm of Xamar to allow them devolution. Larping as an independent state obviously got you nowhere for 30+ years. You have to be mentally retarded to think the situation is somehow gonna change.

If there was a chance for sland to be independent it was the 90s. Now the west has poured billions into the legitimacy of the FGS there is literally no hope. China is a superpower but they're isolationist and have shown support for the fgs. As does Turkey which is a regional power.

Ethiopia Is a 4th world shithole with starving medieval peasants and genocides every 4 years. To consider them as your gateway to statehood is embarrassment on another level walahi.

It's like them man in balkans who keep commenting under every post of Hagia sofia Mosque tweaking over Islamic rule:

'Constantinople 2025 "
"Somaliland 2025 "
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If you think deeper about it, the quest for recognition and secession has done more damage to them and has actually held them back.

They fought a war with the government ended up destruction of many civilian lives and burco/hargeisa

They seek recognition and it ends up in political and economic isolation, and lack of trade and diplomatic ties.

They spend the time seeking recognition and instead of developing an inclusive political system and it led to the Las Anod conflict and 1/3rd of the territory they claim on paper is missing. It turned into an authoritarian ‘oligopolistic state’ and ‘peaceocracy’ rather than a national, democratic government. I am not in particular against authoritarian regimes if done right, can build foundational development through a more centralized decision making.

What they should have done is worked through Somalia to draw in the outside world , remained a de facto autonomous state that can operate independently as a country if they want like Taiwan and formed trade and diplomatic ties through that in orders to secure investments and grow the economy.

What's more important at the end of the day? Improve the standard of living for your civilian populous or being recognized? They need to set their priorities straight.