No they wouldn't. Somalis were literally invaded by more than one European country.Somalis failed in conquering or Dominating the Horn
I am certain if it was Arabs or Persians/ottomans who inhabited Somalia, they would have assimilated all of East africa forget the horn
Did you know Somalis are one of the few people groups in the world to be colonized simultaneously by many different european powers? English, Italian,France...
Dervishes were the first to be air bombed in all of Africa. In the 1977 war, Russia gave Ethiopia 11billiion dollars worth of Weapons plus their top generals plus they imported 19K cuban footsoldiers. I mean how are we supposed to beat those adds?
The English created Liyuu police paramilitary group in 2007 to fight the ONLF, on top of providing Ethiopia aid and weapons.
Let's be honest, we Somalis were aways getting sabotaged and ganged up by everyone and their mamas. If the west stayed out of our affairs and let us battle it out with Ethiopia and Kenya today, I think we would win IF were united and not divided.