This is not new, started a while ago, and UAE is more engaged with the FMSs.

A complete disregard for good governance, Parliamentary procedures, if very shady, and shoddy practice. He has joined the secessionist camp long time ago, was recruited by the late Cali Marshal, and jumped ship when Riyaale was elected.

Has the MoU been reviewed, deliberated or discussed by either Houses of SL Parliament? Has the FGS had a session to discuss implications of the MoU?

Not only have Habashas deployed their militias to the Buhodle, Sool and Awdal border perimeter, but they also have been arming Bixiye with planes full of military hardware spotted (to be confirmed). More ganimah for Jamaahirta, I say.

For that to matter, XX would have to have good moral standing to suffer from diarrhea, but it has been established he lacks in the department.

For the public good, and best outcome, of course negotiate with both SL & AS, as was the advice the US/EU offered XSM in his first trip to the US before he initiated a war he knew he could neither win nor had the support, militarily, logistically, or financially. Let not the aesthetics of Xamar seduce you, as AS is very much present, in control of its vital organs, business or otherwise, laying low with their leaders still in the city, collecting dues at the airport, port, even government officials, and could easily disrupt taking over the city, but the question is: could they hang on to it. Recall how everyone thought Thaliban were dead and buried, yet it took them a week to take over Afghanistan. Same tactics and methods in play here.

Very kind of you. You raised very good points of how best move forward, and I think under the right leadership, a viable solution is nearer than ever, and the more stable and capable FGS institutions get, the weaker the hand of SL, and eventually its bargaining chips shall have been diminished, which will make harmonisation much easier. Again, under the right leadership. Addendum: I am actually of the view of adopting the China-Hong Kong-Taiwan approach, where we let political configurations as it, till comes the time, where confidence and mutual public good had been had in all concerned parties in the Somali peninsula. No need for rushed or forced solutions, just let matters take their natural course. Things are rapidly changing for the better.

No need for a war between Somalis / Muslims, besides the US bogus war on terror died with Bush Jr. Move the effing on from being camiiliin.

The biggest threat to nation states are corrupt political leaders. Their biggest weapon is to subjugate the populace, and abuse their powers in the name of national security. Why does the public revolt: against injustice. What do just nation states do: address injustices, perceived or otherwise. What do broken, corrupt leaders do: destabilise to justify their methods by imprisoning, killing, uprooting the public.

Servility and conformity, as a moral failure, in the act of being beholden to a political ideology, even when proven to be dangerously wrong. Case in point: criminal atrocities in Las Anod, wrongs against GXJS, the struggle of reer Awdal, the infamous MoU to name a few. You fail to see validity in any of those, for you are subservient to a political ideology, which goes against the public good (principle) for the people.

Bingo.

You are mistaking Principle for Servility.

Thank you for proving my point. See, interests are short-term, and come and go in a flash, however principles are well-grounded, and never change.

Mind not XX, for he is not guided by principles, but desire for the untenable, and neither thinks through nor absorbs the implications, economic or otherwise, of what he is trading. As sussed out, he is stuck in another galaxy.

Poor Galbeedi, for all the follies he could have scoffed, he lumps me with the colony-minded, serfdom-seeking, emperor-prostrating, jewel-auctioning, sea- dropping, land-grabbing, glue-sniffing, elders-abandoning, weapons-tossing, surrendering, dithering secessionists. I shall be kind till Awdal (our grandmother's land) has been liberated, with FMS status secured, from the fangs of the secessionists. True, rebels always pioneer, and one thing we have in common: A Somali peninsula free from subjugation and tyranny, a better future than that which the awful allies of "Ildab" had left it. By the way Galbeedi, that 15m for Awdal would not have happened had it not been for PL. You could than reer PL later.

I could see you skipped school the day economics and accountancy were being taught. Last time I peeked at the budget for 2023: 87% of the revenue is through customs and excise, 78% of which is through Berbera. The primary user of Berbera has been Ethiopia for a number of years. Wajaale & Kalabaydh customs are relevant because of Berbera, and in the event Ethiopia has its own port, neither would be relevant. Now, do you want to revisit your original statement of being able to do with less revenue from Berbera?

Not him. I am a true son of Somal.

Casayr was an SNM veteran, former Somali national army, the Russia crew. You are talking about Caarre or Oofwareen. Now you know I know more about the reality in SL than you do.

Of SL's 2023 annual budget of 420m, who much of that do you think is from taxes?

Truth: SL actually does not have an actual standing army to speak of, but that is a conversation for another day for the grown-ups. Col Casayr is neither dead nor imprisoned, but is leading GXJS forces, but you would not know.

You do realise 78% of SL annual revenue is sourced through Berbera port. For now I am intentionally not bringing in the regional security threat that would pose.

Generals Garka Yogol & Botan would disagree with you. So would Col. Casayr. Reality is little different from where I am seated than how you are describing it. I am afraid we are not all wearing tinted glasses made in Dumbuluq.

I am trying to follow your thought process: If Ethiopia agrees to give a farming land in return, you would willing to trade that for a land for a naval base and a port on the Red Sea for Ethiopia?

In a nutshell, we have got shifting regional balance: a) Somali Republic is slowly rising from the ashes, albeit i) SL is losing its footing with more than 60% of its claimed territories out of its control, b) Ethiopia is disintegrating with its three major States (Tigray almost destroyed, Amhara on fire, and Oromo on the brink) in conflict with the Federal government. Said shift is vexing respective leaders, which gives way to their being unhinged, and thereby destabilising the entire region.

But if they could raise the funds, and want to build a port, it is acceptable to you?