Salaam Somaliland have created some sort of democracy, but it all is down to what does a person defines democracy as. Prior to the election there was conflict whether there would elections held in Sanag or Sool. There were disagreements between the Puntland government which said that a lot of the people that lived in those areas were Harti and therefore part of Puntland but the Somaliland government replied with that those areas were part of the British Somaliland Protectorate thus part of Somaliland (I don’t know if elections where held in the areas). And now that the election results have come through and Riyale has been named the president, his opponent (Silanyo) still has yet to accept the fact that Riyale has won, even after a recount of the votes. The problem with Somaliland is that it is very hard to understand if it is a qabiil based state. Sometimes I find myself asking that if an ***** candidate had won, with there be the resistance there is to the Gudabirsi (excuse the spelling) President now? As Ex Dane said yes Somaliland "was betrayed"...but so was the rest of Somalia. Baashi it may have been the leadership that failed, but it was the people of Somalia that stood by and let it fail, otherwise there would not be such anarchy in our homeland that there is today. Personally, I think that the scars run deep, a Greater Somalia can be achieved only when Souther Somalia finds peace and when we forget the qabiil mentality that many have. Until then let Puntland and Somaliland be as there are. However as Matkey said an Islamic run country with the Isalmic shariiya as law...I find it hard to believe we would fail. Allah (swt) knows best and what better way then living life as He stated?? Wasalaam

Salaams lol I've been gone awhile only to find all the old faces have gone and there so many new ones not to mention the site has changed soooooo much...anyways hope you guys enjoy this one At your feet I laid my heart, And you threw it back at me. You toyed with my emotions, Played me cruelly. You enslaved my feeble soul, Shunned my purest love, You put me through such tortures That no one should deserve. So now time has claimed my body, And made me hard as stone I no longer feel emotion, I've become a hollow drone. And now you come to me, After all these wasted years, Asking for forgiveness And to help dry out your tears. But my heart stayed cold as steel For the darkness wraps me tight. So to your shattered body I Can only laugh with spite. Come not to me again, Lest I show all the pain. And make you suffer what I went through, Torture so arcane. My heart had almost melted. My blood had almost stirred, I was close to again believing, All your touching words. I almost felt you aching, I almost felt your fear. I almost felt your anguish, And I almost shed some tears ...Almost....