Blessed are the warlords!

[Major-General Cawad]

Warlords Want To Look Good, Without Doing Much Good

- Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 01:58

 

As president Abdullahi Yusuf, prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and other members of the cabinet and national assembly are consolidating their tremendous effort of peace keeping and installation of the governmental institutions in Somalia, The ruthless warlords remain the only obstacle to any progress of social and political stability in Somalia. Despite the heinous warlords perpetuate their notorious demeanor, they have now come up with new trends to undermine the immediate goals of the same government they claim to part and parcel. One way of the new tactics is to pretend good Samaritans or ty to look good without doing much good.

 

In their most recent activities with the help of some bias news organizations the warlords bothered to portray a positive image of themselves as pro peace activists which does not reflect the general phenomenon at hand.

 

 

 

In order to challenge the artfully and insightfully articulated initiatives of the Somali Transitional Federal Government the, warcheifs attempted in vain to fool the international community by covering up the checkpoints - of course their source of income. Unfortunately the same checkpoints are now visible in multiplied forms in and out Mogadishu. Yet another astonishing trend is the keeping of militias out of Mogadishu. Does that surprise anybody? If that seems at odds with actions of the wicked warlords, that is fundamentally it is. let me say you are not alone in this thought .This promoted some local and international thinkers to question timing and affiliation of such mobilizations at this particular time. A quite number of analysts insist that the affiliation of the militias, capital saga and last but not least anti peace keeping remarks of some warlords is extremely questionable.

 

 

 

Karl Von, a great Gearmen military strategist once wrote†War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means. The same is true with reverse of the statement. In respect of negative activities of villain warlords and handful dissident

 

legislators in Mogadishu we may call their unholy Jihad ‘’ something not more than the continuation of presidentional race at wrong time in wrong place.

 

 

 

The central figures of such exercise are those led Somalia into the socio-political dystopia that resulted the invasive anarchism by losing the political will and moral obligation to succeed the former government. Thus warlords and their associates made Somalia the greatest example of nation reduced to nothing in every SEPHER of life. Consequently, it is the believe of many people that warlords are not interested in genuine leadership. For one good instance referring to warlords a Somali

 

poet accentuated in his splendid lyrics ‘â€Man rejecting something yet does not have alternative is not serious of wanting any thing’’. As stated in commentary titled ‘’ Are Somalis inured governmentlessness†issued in Kenya Times, the writer challenged the Somali citizens to ask right questions how much time it takes to understand the entire philosophy of merits and demetiris of warlordsim. Such investigational examinations would help shed light on the diabolic school of thought that dictates’’ kill millions to earn millions ‘’ which warlords are practicing its lessons.

 

 

 

According to the book of psychology by Dr. Keren Horney when it comes to the any aspiration including political double standards, any one who is devided into two opposing ambitions can not put his energies wholeheartedly into one thing, finally frustrates his efforts and fails in all pursuits. The same is true with Somali warlords and MPs in Mogadishu who want to kill want two birds with one stone which means they want to be a government officials at the same time retain their old hallmarks

 

of warlorldism. However, all signs are indicating that Somali people no longer trust warchiefs. At least one philosophical theory argues “The people are more like to learn, believe, perceive and accept what they notice more than, what they are told thousand times. According to recent survey by Somali Institute of Research and Thought overwhelming majority of Somalis both in the country and Diaspora have good faith in Somali Transitional Government while they negatively view what the warlords and loyalists are doing in Mogadishu. Since no power can with stand the people’ collective will when they are united, the Somali nationals beyond all tribal lines should stand by their government by pressurizing the warlords to accept the realities on the ground. In my view the government is the biggest asset and

 

inheritance that nation can posses collectively. Fortunately we now own a broad based, all inclusive government embedded in the support of the international community headed by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi whom their capabilities of political will, moral authority and ethical responsibility to restore the political stability, national rule of law and public order is certainly reliable. Likewise the lawmakers should stand to this prestigious act beyond all factional persuasions as patriotic champions and loyal servants of their homeland.

 

 

 

As everyone will reap tomorrow what he sows today, the history which is the only survivor of Somalia’ s tragedy will not only register its contents but also reward everyone accordingly. Some say politics is dirty game. As we aware every game has a winner and loser, so let’s hope the Government will be out as the winner of any challenging games ahead.

 

 

 

By: Faisal Issa,

 

E-mail: faisalissa@hotmail.com

 

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