****** War from 1977-78

[solo]

Webs about ****** War:

 

 

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_188.shtml

 

http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-11987.html

 

I think and it is just my opinion.Ethiopia could not win this war without Cuban and Soviet support.

 

If someone doesnt agree with me I would like to listen to him.

 

And opinions about this war.

[RedSea]

ASSALAMU CALAYKUM,

 

offcourse bro, Ethiopians were beaten badly all the way back to Diri Daba; their second capital. We captured all the Somali inhabited areas claimed by Ethiopia and there is no doubt we would have kept them under the control of the Somali army and Ethiopians wouldn't do a thing about it without the help of the Soviets.

 

However, I do raise some questions about the tactics used, we could have continued to armed and support the WSLF until we weakened the Ethiopian army signifacantly. Instead we chose to join the war completely which I think wasn't good tactical move. That led the Soviets to turn on us and later caused us to lose the war. Whether that should have happen or not, it was prewritten by Allah but current situations between us Somalis has done far more damage to us than that war. We should raise more concern over the current affair of Somalis everywhere.

 

That is all.

Assalamu Calaykum.

[solo]

Ok but there were cuban troops with ethiopians.

 

Look at this:

 

http://www.******.com/Special_Report.htm

 

The year was 1978. The Horn of Africa had just witnessed the largest mechanized war in Africa since Hitler’s desert Fox, General Rommel rolled his tanks across North Africa. The war was known as the ****** War, and it brought Somalia and Ethiopia to the brink of mutual destruction. Ethiopia, backed by thousands of Cuban troops and Soviet “Advisors†succeeded in ejecting Somali regulars sent into ****** in support of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) from territory it claimed as it’s owned. Observers at the time point to the fact that what had taken place was a high stakes chess game between the Super Powers in which Somalia and Ethiopia were pawns. At the end of it all, a massive refugee crisis existed and the Somali military, which was no match for Cuban armed troops and their Soviet puppet masters, was in shambles.

[Thankful]

As well Afweyne and his tyranny only seperated the country and forced his own people to take up arms against him, weakening our nation. He was one of the biggest factors which resulted in the Somali defeat to the Ethiopians. To this day people that were related to him through obvious ways still hold resentment and animosity towards those same brave fighters that worked so hard to end his murderous reign. Many of those fighters are leaders through out Somalia.

The great Roman leader Octavian said "I found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble."

I like to think Afweyne "used treachery to take a country which was united, and left it a country divided"

[Gabbal]

^You know you're a bigot, right? Well then please refrain from polluting the forum, because the forun is reaching that stage of transcending above qabyaalad.

[Abaadir]

SomaliP… you can disagree with the decisions that our beloved president made while in office. But to say he was responsible for the defeat of the Somali forces in 1977 is false and ridiculous. If election is hold in Somalia today, Aabo Siyaad would win landslide.

[codetalker]

There is no doubt the Somali army militarily defeated their Ethiopian counterpart. However, even though the Somalis won the military battle, they lost the more important diplomatic one (the Soviets' switch to Addis Ababa).

 

It is worthy of mentioning that the '77-'78 war is the main reason the Ethiopian government is always trying hard to make sure a strong, united Somalia never rises again. So, they independently support Mog. warlords, Somaliland, Puntland, etc. - as long as these entities see each other as enemies, Ethiopia will remain in the driver's seat and all these so-called "leaders" will remain nothing but disposible passengers.

[Cabdiciise]

It had nothing to do with Jaalle Siyaad’s political skills that we lost the soviets. They would had support us till the end. It was the man who thought he was the latin Jozef Stalin. Doqonka Castro who convinced the soviets to support the ethiopians. At first the soviets refused to switch sides but Castro threaten them (you know how those filthy games work) and they finaly gave in and switch sides. If it wasn’t for Filthy Castro Somali Galbeed was a gobol of somalia today.

 

Xataa, Nasiibdaro baa keentey in aan maanta mideysaneen sometimes you need some luck

[solo]

Codetalker:There is no doubt the Somali army militarily defeated their Ethiopian counterpart. However, even though the Somalis won the military battle, they lost the more important diplomatic one (the Soviets' switch to Addis Ababa).

 

I agree at th begining of the war we defeated ethiopians,but they received cuban and soviet help so we were defeated by them at the end.

 

Look at this:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/******_War