October, its actors, and the sufferings of Somali people

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Here is good thread that i wanned to share with all u somali freedom fighters.

 

 

by Abdirahman Abdirahman (Banaadiri)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

 

 

October, of course, is a familiar and also an ordinary Month, but it has a peculiar historical background amongst many Somali people. For its (October 1969) shortest description, as probably many of Somali people might already know, was the outset of their dilemma and the frustration of this generation. This month, however, combines with two ‘heartbreaking’ dates that Somalis need to remember especially when it comes to rebuilding our lost state. However, the two unexpected accidents, that our nation had never experienced before and never, obviously, had been able to predict was firstly the tragic death of the late president of republic of Somalia, Abdulrashid Sharmarke, who was shot dead by a merciless body guard of his. And the second accident, of course, was when the president Mohamed Siyad Bare seize the power through a military coup d’état. Sorely these days were unanticipated and inexperienced prior to these awful accidents, and merely for this reason Somalis, who were present at that time were not able to make the prediction that such a day will come for them.

 

For instance, if a future reader would have been asked whether such an appalling catastrophes will take place and particularly if these disasters occurs in the month of October? Guess what he would have to say? However, an argument of sceptical individual could be that how on earth can a future reader be able to read and say things that even did not take place, and might ‘and only might’ happen in the future? But, I’ll reply to this cynical argument, yes this cynicism might be true but merely the almighty God is the source of all knowledge, and, nonetheless, there is some knowledge and wisdom that God has given to his human being species in order to live in this multifaceted world and, also, be able to predict their future. Certain knowledge can be gained through experiences, whereas reflecting on these experiences may enable you to develop skills of prediction that allows you to anticipate future events quicker and more accurately. It is worthwhile to note that our republic of Somalia had its independence nearly a decade at the time, as many countries in the developing world particularly those in Africa were; therefore, availability of an experience and a sufficient knowledge were too little. Going back to our future reader’s instance, for me, I would argue, the future reader’s advice would not have been accepted by the people, even if he/she had to say such an accident will take place. This is largely because, it’s the mere reason that I have mentioned, which was the insufficient experience and knowledge that was available to them, thus the Somali people at that epoch would not listen to our great future reader.

 

The two accidents that, I have mentioned, that took place on the 15the and 21st of the Month of October, is it, then, the responsible of our plight? Or the actors who have played in a crucial part, such as the murderer, who murdered the president, the leader of the coup, who consequently became the republic’s president, or the representative in the house of the parliament, of whom put their functional interests above the national interest, are the essence of our dilemma?

 

Even though, the events that are occurring now, in our country, are so different, but still there are some similarities. The murderer, that killed our president Mr Sharmarke, has succeeded to spawn uncountable merciless murderers. The national military, whose leader grip the power, because of their help, now there are tribal militias, who want to get hold on to power and portray their tribal leader can do the same, extremists, who, basically, hi-jacked our peace loving religion ‘Islam’ and wants to impose their will upon the ordinary people forcefully. And ultimately, of course, the 550 representatives who are representing the desires of their tribes and sub-clans, rather than representing our national interest, thus they are equally or worse than those who put their functional interests above the national interest. But, can we, the people, be different? These illustrations of factual events are prove of that ‘actors matters’, so the peace loving of Somali people should join together and deter those actors to put their personal interest above the national interest.

 

That generation has lost an indispensable opportunity. Can we, therefore, afford loosing likewise opportunities? I imagine the answer of this question is no. Therefore, we, the people, of course, have responsibilities; one of our crux responsibilities is to think about the next generation and help them avoid the catastrophes which we could not avoid. To do that we need to stand together and unite against aggressors and encourage those leaders who are willing to lead the country faithfully and put them on the spot-light in order to avoid the same mistakes that was made by their predecessors. Taking such actions, we, then, might be able to help the next generation to avoid the plight that we, this generation, are experiencing.

 

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