the capital should be moved to bosaso to win the hearts and minds of puntlanders and then have a centralist government
In that case we should reconsider federalism
the capital should be moved to bosaso to win the hearts and minds of puntlanders and then have a centralist government
Bro I understand your sentiments but 70% of the population never got involved in this and were born after the conflict neither did 100% of the diaspora Somali's growing up, reconciliation assumes warring fractions that directly affected each other which is not the case.
We both lost people but none of this affects us at a personal level nor do we hate/dislike those that did this, many of us are lucky to even know who/what/why they were killed.
You open up a massive pandora box and the worst thing you can ever do is open up old wounds or make new ones that never existed, in the end it's qadr of Allah and ultimate judgement that's far better will come, those killed unjustly as long they had iman will offload all their sins on the perpetuaters, they are truly the lucky ones here.
Think of it as reconciling with a wife you have cheated on (god forbid) which will effectively remind her of what she is actively trying to forget or has move on from, it's a terrible thing to do.
This is absolutely true for the likes of you and I (and 99% of the posters). But for the movers and shakers of Somalia it's as fresh as last week (some have made lucrative careers out of it). Your suggestion would work if there's a complete generational turnover (maybe 20 years).
It's a mess - Allahu aclam. I'll just stay out here monitoring the wealthy Jews.