Somali politicians are bought out by the government. They are not for the people I realized.I watched another video about oromo expansionism and this recent attack, some interesting points were brought up.
1. Somali politicians look the other way when these attacks happen & have no desire to advocate or help innocent somali communities who have to deal with these border attacks, just so they can keep their seats.
2. They (oromos) control their water and electricity and usually cut it off right before (or during) attacks or cut off roads passing through oromo lands to prevent other somalis from getting to them and aiding them.
3. Other somali communities do not usually do gurmaad or it takes awhile before they do decide to help them
4. The oromo clans who are involved in this latest attack are agriculturalists who live mostly on elevated soil (mountains) and they feel that they could make better use of dhulka somalida which is at lower elevations (they want to expand for trade). They’ve apparently invested alot into farming but feel like the lowlands would better suit farming and their business endeavours ..
5. When they do weerar they like to frame it as a border dispute between them and one reer/clan and tell other somali clans not to get involved as they (oromos) do not have a problem with the other ones only one subvlan or reer < this reminded me of when afar try to discourage other somalis or ogaden in particular from getting involved in the situation in sitti by saying ”we only have a problem with isse”