http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDpWJ45G4A Aaaah. My childhood. Where have you gone?

Somalis know how to swim????

Red, I used to like you and I can do it again. Respect yourself first and the rest will follow. These are words money can't buy. Best wishes brother.

^^^^ Why don't you invite Red-Shabaabo-Somaliland to Dunn Bros and buy him a cup (or a lollipop if he prefers ). Think of it as hassana. I'm off to home saaxib. Peace.

^^^^ You have to admit, today, the state of Somaliland is the lesser evil compared to the state of Punt land. Both evil nonetheless.

^^^^ You've become a child-abuser in your old age.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Resist the thought of Sharif being a sold out, or twofaced, or treacherous… That, I will resist. The Shariif may not have engaged in any treachery, I'll submit, but it seems he has been duped. Inshallah khayr.

Originally posted by Baashi: Folks should give Djibouti effort a chance. What does that entail? What does giving the Djibouti effort a chance mean? Not speak about it? Not point out its deficiencies? Pray? Hope? Celebrate? Ululate? What exactly is one supposed to do to give it a chance?

Originally posted by Baashi: Awoowe Somalis are divided along clan lines. It is a fact. Animosity between the clans runs deep. So deep that Ethiopia was able to play warring clans against each other for its own ends. It is not a mystery boowe. No one disputes the fact that divisions along clan lines exist. Why do they exist though? And why are they so deep? Why now? These are the questions to which there are no simple answers. I'm glad it's no mystery to you though. Furthermore, to reduce a centuries old conflict with Abyssinia to a mere clan feud among Somalis is a little simplistic, wouldn't you say?

Originally posted by Baashi: But why are folks divided? That's the ultimate question, saaxib. I can speculate but I do not have an answer. I pray, however, that this is not a permanent division. And that we've only temporarily lost our collective minds. Originally posted by Haneefah: Not only are they unable to recognize it as such, but they deliberately cheer for it whilst taking pride in the spilling blood of their brethren. Rabbina yassir. Frankly, a very small minority does this and I convince myself they're only doing so because there desire for revenge blinds them to anything else. Rabbi yassir indeed.

^^^^ Brace yourself for Oodweyne's wrath. Like Batman, the defender of Gotham (erm, Burco), he should be here any minute now.

It always has been and forever shall remain 'reer hebel' against 'reer hebel'. Yes, but, as with any dish worth cooking, you have the fire, the main ingredients, and the spices that make it worth eating. The main ingredient is our divided house. The fire that's fueling it, in addition to us, includes foreign objects (Tigray, UN, US, EU, Arabs, etc...) and the spices are imperialism, hegemony, war of terror, control of resources, Islam, etc... I should write a paper on this.

Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ It felt nice throwing your name in there. Still the fraudulent premise seems to convince more and more people by the day. Won't you ditch the madness in the south and come join us? The truth shall set you free saaxib. And my wish is for Somaliland to ditch the madness of secession and join us in the south. If it's a choice between two evils, however, I'd side with Somaliland over Puntland. Yeah, I said it.

Originally posted by NGONGE: Castro, Xidigo, Paragon, Sophist and Even Baashi (not to forget Xiin) would argue, twist facts, fit round holes into square pegs in order to try to convince us that Somaliland is not moving forward or at least not achieving any of its set goals. That's not fair saaxib. I never said anything about Somaliland's forward or sideways progress. I'm happy with the relative peace of that region. I argued, however, that the concept of secession was based on a fraudulent premise. Somaliland's progress to me is pleasantly immaterial. And I'm glad you got off the fence.

Dailogue and peace agreements, and not wars, should be the way forward for somalis, says I! Don't confuse the Djibouti farce with a peace agreement. Sowdiga noqday nin daad qaaday, saaxib. This agreement is beyond xumbo. It's a mirage awoowe. Warmoog just pointed that out. It seems that you're taking her critique personally. I told you this before and I'll tell it again, you can still be pro dialogue and peace agreements but Djibouti was a still born endeavor saaxib. P.S. Warmoog is not a warmonger, saaxib. Lest you were confused by the spelling.

These are very sad developments yet one can't help but think that Puntland's chickens are coming home to roost. Allow sahal.

^^^^ lol. NGONGE is not a secessionist, he's a self-loathing Burcaawi. I refuse to believe that the people of Awdal are against Somaliland I'm one of the people of Awdal (clan-wise ) and I am against Somaliland. When you cut one of us, we bleed (red) white and blue. NGONGE, your case is dismissed.

I reckon not as good as it could have been. When some of us can't bring themselves to call the Ethiopian presence an occupation, it's tough to convince them to come out and rally against it. A house divided, remember? Still, there are those true sons and daughters of Somalia who came from far away places to be heard. May Allah reward them for their efforts.

^^^^^ Case closed.

^^^^^ I think NGONGE has finally been dragged out of the closet. Kicking and screaming, no less.

Whoever benefits the most is the likeliest culprit. May Allah forgive his sins.

Originally posted by General Duke: If they are so strong why not capture Galkacyu>? Perhaps Galkacayo is not worth capturing.

Originally posted by Ceyrow jr.: SNM did commit crimes against civilians, but at minimum rate compare to the other movements who have gone onto a rampage after Barre regime was ousted. Rer Awdal worked closely with Siyad Barre and wrecked hovac in areas like Hargeysa, Gabiley. Reer Awdal "worked closely" with Afweyne? lol. What proof do you have of this? Is that also why the SNM rewarded an Afweyne ex-employee with the Somaliland presidency? You need a life jacket to be swimming at this depth, atheer.