well the influence of xabesh in our state will only get worst with time, we see some dhaantos with ethiopian flags waving and some of the locals boasting about being “a proud ethiopian” we even see specifically some ogadens boasting about how they have “3 flags” or sadex calanle yan ahay which is tbh something to be ashamed of..
also ONLF as of i think it was 2018 went from being s freedom fighting group and signed a peace treaty with abiy which also made them a political party in the region, and as we all know the region is under ethiopia which makes them a political party in the somali state of “ethiopia”.. but hich is very sad balentu wuxu aha geeri ama guul wnd i the thousands who died for the cause must be rolling in there graves..
Lastly , i dont believe we need a strong somali state today because that only makes Ethiopia as a whole stronger.. the somali state is the only state in ethiopia today which 100% falls under ethiopia while the rest are fighting… and mustaf cagjar or abdi iley or any person who becomes president of the state will always be a lap dog for whoevers in charge if ethiopia .. we dont pick out ptesidents the xabesh pick whoever suits them best..
you bring up some good points, but you are over estimating it. No locals are boasting about being a proud ethiopian. Maybe a few planted leaders but thats it. I have however seen that alarming trend of some og being happy about 3 flags. But only seen this a little bit and it is a minority view. Most people in those areas which include the OG still view themselves as somali and are absolutely not happy about the situation. But what can a person do alone?
It was a massive mistake for onlf to drop arms, what they should do is immeditely rebrand to the WSLF (west somali liberation front) but one important thing is to avoid the things going on in other regions. As you can see they have been decimated by war, rebels versus endf. Luckily somali areas are saved from the raw meat gen*cidal shenanigans which has allowed the region to develop very well. At the cost of extended ethiopian influence. So what can we do, combat ethiopian influence while trying to maintain the level development we have. So one that can be done is by having a better leader, of course this is going to be tightly controlled but I sitll think it can be done. Im not sure how elections work though. Looking at the presidents history they cycle thru and pretty sure each is a puppet.
Also when I said strong state, I actually meant like Somalia as a strong state to support us. In fact if you check history, its only until 1990+ when ethiopia started to look at somali region, before that they couldnt even tax it all to well. Youre right about them being lapdogs and stuff