Bro, no offense but this is the typical stubborn response i always hear from landers. If your leaders were smart they would push for talks with somalia right now while it's weak .What's there to talk about when xamar can't govern its federal states where two are at open rebillion against their govt
You had so many chances with Hawiye presidents like Sh. Sharif and Hassan Sheikh, these guys sold somali sea so I'm pretty sure they would have accepted a good deal to recognize somaliland, they had no ideolgical attachment to somali unity. Sometimes i think SL leaders don't actually want independence and only use the hope of recognition to fool their citizens. I can't find any other explanation
Why be stubborn and refuse talks with a weak government? That's just unpractical