UAE confirms military activities on Yemen's Socotra island: Binoculars from Guardafui

[TekNiKo]

“Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene.” (US Navy Geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayus Mahan (1840-1914))


The USSR during the cold war had military presence on Socotra Island (which they increased after Barre became unreliable to them) they tried this again around 2010 (when no one else showed interest) but the USA foiled the deal with Yemen this time through the classic engineered Arab spring against the leader that made the deal with Russia.

However the recent renewed interest to militarise it again has to do with the Chinese silk road in the Horn of Africa, the UAE is nothing more then a toothless extension of the US military industrial complex, hence the desperation in trying to acquire as many ports as they can as well as maritime dominance in the region (their survivable is dependant on this, it's game over if they don't)

The US special forced are deeply embedded with them in Socotra whom run the show along with Eric Prince black water mercenaries who is based in Dubai and runs various illegal paramilitary operations in the region. The UAE by itself is toothless hence the proposed Berbera base will really be glorified USA mercenary base composed of several nations.

In my opinion these kind of activities are good for the region because it brings more investments to Somalia elevating it's geostrategic importance that was dead ever since the USSR collapse. The China-Turkey-Qatar-Russia-Iran axis are all in opposition against the US-UAE-SAUDI-ISRAELI axis in the region (more $$$)

A good leader can use these events to make Somalia prosper which is already happening, we were at our best when you had the USSR Vs USA cold war, the world then had a choice between Washington consensus or Warsaw pact, the death of USSR brought about the death of many nations, for decades there was only a singular choice (Washington) not anymore today.

The danger however has now shifted from almost officially becoming an abject debased Ethiopian colony to now the real threat of engineered proxy conflict in the region by the outsiders, that's the only risk that comes with this.

The problem for Somaliland is the spoiler block of UAE/USA/SAUDI they blindly gone to bed with only offer hot cash with plenty of conditionalities and don't really build anything like the Chinese/Turks, the spoiler by his very nature is only interested in destruction/subversion not development.

So yes I agree, this is the greatest time for entrepreneurs and business people, I am already seeing an explosion of this on the ground ever since the Turks built vital infrastructure to facilitate this, in the end everything they invest ultimately will belong to Somali's much like Somaliland is today milking Berbera port built by the USSR etc.

Can you explain why Eritrea joined the evil UAE axis?

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

A wise general would say: ethnic cleanse the island, bring Somalis there.

 

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A wise general would say: ethnic cleanse the island, bring Somalis there.

The word "Cleansing" is used often here.