Newsweek interview with Meles: Been Badana

[Fabregas]

How many Ethiopian troops have died in Somalia since December 2006? How many injured?

 

Quite a few

 

How many troops are in Somalia right now?

A few thousand. Two, three thousand.

 

How many troops are in Somalia right now?

A few thousand. Two, three thousand.

 

 

Compulsive Liar

 

Read the whole thing here:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/131432

[Che -Guevara]

Originally posted by Abu_Geeljire:

 

Compulsive Liar

Maybe so, but he is right on the money as it regards to his views about Somalis

 

An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia.

The problem in Somalia is a lack of it

. The problem in Somalia is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude

It is pathetic how easy we made it for Ethiopains.

[Geel_jire]

^ that is the part that got to me as well .... ironic isn't it that his puppets can't understand the backhanded insult dealt to them by their Master.

[Fabregas]

He's right, but that's also been one of the miscalculations that He made, which led to the debacle and quagmire of his army. He expected to bribe all subclans, via the use of clan elders and moreover expected the Islamic Courts to simply dissappear from the scene and recieve no support from SOmalis( both at home and in the Diaspora). One can say that the supply of religous and nationalistic sentiments amongst SOmalis has increased since the invasion, although Somalia is still a clanish society.

[Che -Guevara]

^He might have miscalculated, but there will always be those that will do his bidding for him even his army were to withdraw.

 

Geeljire...It is bluntly direct insult not just to his puppets but all Somalis most whom watched as Xamer was blown to bits.He knows with complete certainty his words will not arouse any passions in the average Somali.

[Fabregas]

Originally posted by Che -Guevara:

^He might have miscalculated, but there will always be those that will do his bidding for him even his army were to withdraw.

 

Well not as much as they've been doing in the past 17 years. When the Kacdoon groups are attacking towns most of the T.F.G governors and militia simply flee and let the Islamic Courts take the towns, and then wait for the Ethiopian to arrive.

[Che -Guevara]

^The Ethiopian influence will eventually wane,but would the Somalis make peace or revert back to violence. The underlying problem would still remain. Like always it seems there might not be plan to bring the country back together. It is actually easier to dislodge Ethios than it is to have Somalis settle diffirences peacefully.

[Fabregas]

True that, but I do believe that vast majority of Somalis are for an Ethiopian withdrawal and a peaceful solution after that period( between all groups/clans). SOmalis are tired of war!

[Abtigiis]

What About Ethiopia? I live there and i know the enemity between different groups eclipse anything the somali's are experiencing. He is a useless dicator who has taken all somali's for petty-clanists. up in your ***! Alshabab is which clan?????????/