Yes... Somaliland will prevail and thrive.

[Tillamook]

..BUT within the confines of the constitution of THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA as in the past, no more no less.

 

Notwithstanding Khaatuma, Maakhir, Awdal which don't care much for secession, we all know that the campaign for Somaliland's right to secede from the rest of Somalia was surreptitiously deduced from the nature of the "union" of the "two" European Somali colonies in 1960, which they claim was an agreement between two sovereign States who never surrendered their respective sovereignties-- which meant that they retained the right to back out when in their opinion the union was no longer "working out for them". Fallacious and wrongheaded as this thinking is, I believe 22 years of brainwashing has found many adherents amongst a certain portion of the great Sheikh's Clan who have not carefully studied what took place in 1960 to see the grave error their reasoning rests upon.

 

The union that took place between the two former colonies in 1960 was a compact. And it is precisely because it was a compact, and therefore a binding agreement, that neither Italian Somaliland nor British Somaliland cannot depart from it whenever they feel themselves to be aggrieved. In becoming constituent elements of the new Somali nation then, both British and Italian Somalilands had surrendered some essential freedoms. For instance; the right to coin currency, enter into treaties with foreign governments and declare war, were all functions that they both gave up when they got into that covenant back in 1960.The loyalties of their people were transferred to the newly formed Somali Republic; they became citizens of Somalia, and from then on where bound by their allegiance to the Constitution of the Somali Republic. Nobody can deny this simple fact, so do not be duped by petty politicians who have either bamboozled themselves or wish to bamboozle you into believing otherwise. Understand that the illogical reasoning those calling for secession deploy is only meant to hold you hostage to a select group of politicians in Hargaysa. I know they tactfully arouse your pride by declaring that taking orders from Mogadishu is an unacceptable thralldom, and as such resistance should be the order of the day. They make patriotic appeals to your passions by claiming thousands have died fighting for your right to secede. Yet, those deaths were not only unique to the people in the Waqooyi Galbeed region, for many more thousands died in other areas of Somalia.

 

Please take a moment and really consider the feasibility of the dangerous path they have urged you to take these last 20 years. Those politicians in Hargaysa don't care about you. All they care about is the little power they've secured in that corner of the country, which they believe would be impossible otherwise. Ponder well on the fruitlessness of it all, and you will appreciate the recognition they talk about will NEVER come.

 

My brothers and sisters, the days of the oppressive Socialist regime of Somalia are behind us. A new Somalia has dawned at the very moment when you are still being rabidly urged on to the mistaken path you got on whilst the rest of the country was suffering the burdens of the tumultuous civil war. But thankfully today, Somalia is slowly but surely getting its house in order. This progress toward peace, however slow, was habitually underrated to you, and your politicians deliberately kept on saying that the rest of Somalia will never have peace so lets break away from them, at the very moment when your country needed you most.

 

My brothers and sisters, I urge you to closely study the justifications that are being used to harangue you to take such a perilous course, and try to earnestly grapple with the ramifications that continuing to embark on such a journey will produce. And more importantly, consider the condition of the Somalia of which you still form an integral and significant part; contemplate its sacred mission, which is to provide a strong and unified homeland for ALL Somalis in the horn of Africa. A homeland that can defend itself from ALL threats and is respected by ALL countries of this world.

 

Let's all say ALHAMDULILAH to the Somalia God has given us and let's work together in getting back what's rightfully ours from our neighbors. The children of the great Sheikh have shed loads of blood for Somalia and help lay the very foundation of our country! And to allow some political vagrant to deface the sacrifices of those heroes is unacceptable. For what reasons do they do that! For what do they make you turn against your own people, your own nation and the sacrifices of your forefathers? For the dream of becoming separate from your fellow Somalis-a dream that will constantly be interrupted by bloody conflicts and strife with your fellow Somalis, risking the continued mischief of foreign countries in Somali affairs. Even if Silanyo's cabal could succeed in establishing a recognized and independent Somaliland, what do you think would stop you from using the same justifications you used to split away Somalia, to further breakup Somaliland itself? What guarantees do you have that you will be free from the apprehension of tribal discord, with all its nasty consequences that we are living through right now? Do the occupation of our lands by our neighbors excite your envy? How could you possibly think we can stand separately and take on such menacing threats individually?

 

Walaalayaal, its never too late to work things out with your fellow Somalis. There is yet time to show that the descendants of the great Sheikh will not abandon their Somali brothers and sisters, which so many of your forebears fought and bled and died to be with. I earnestly appeal to you that you honor their sacrifices, retrace your steps and work toward the pacification of your Somalia and reclaim the honor bequeathed to you by your forefathers.

 

Condemn those politicians trying to lead you astray for their own selfish ends and make them succumb to your will to remain in the union of Somalia. Tell them that compared with breaking up the Somali family, all other evils are surmountable. Tell them that you want to take the world on with your Somali brothers and sisters by your side. Tell them that they will not bring dishonor and scorn to the house of the great Sheikh as the first to breakup what God in his infinite wisdom has intended to remain together.

 

The Somali Nation--it's uprooters you cannot be.

 

Tell them...

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Seems the author is trying to convince him self rather than Somalilanders:D

[Carafaat]

War hada nabad rabtid. Qoriga dhig oo isku dhiib dawlada Somalia ama Somaliland. Choice kale ma jirto.

[Tillamook]

Xaaji Xunjuf;910251 wrote:

Seems the author is trying to convince him self rather than Somalilanders:D

Saaxib, I don't need convincing. I already believe in the sanctity of the unity of the Somali people. This piece is intended to cajole, shame, and encourage as need be those somalilanders who for far too long have been held hostage by selfish and treasonous politicians.

 

 

Oodweyne;910260 wrote:

This is what is known as a seductive empty talk that at it's best would not even be equal to the sort of the endlessly tendentious harangue in which one could be misfortune enough to have encountered it at London's speakers corner.

Oodwyene, unlike those at London's speakers corner, what makes this "empty talk" of mine so seductive is that it possesses gravitas and displays meticulously the truth.

 

Carafaat;910262 wrote:

War hada nabad rabtid. Qoriga dhig oo isku dhiib dawlada Somalia ama Somaliland. Choice kale ma jirto.

Carafaat, qoriga dhig maxaad ka wadaa? Anigu hormar iyo nabad ayaan Somalia u rabaa...

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Some people really dont get it cigaal silanyo tuur were the closest union matter infact vast majority of snm were unionist

The. People said no to mogadsiho not the politicians some people really think the politicians are holding people hostage.

 

Its not like that my friend go to somaliland speak to the people snm wanted some fair union in 1991

But the people said mogadisho has nothing to offer us eeh ina goyaa

[Tillamook]

^

Xaaji X, aniguba dayaxa baan beri u duuley! If you don't believe me... go ask NASA!

 

See how easy that was?

[Taleexi]

Carafaat;910262 wrote:

War hada nabad rabtid. Qoriga dhig oo isku dhiib dawlada Somalia ama Somaliland. Choice kale ma jirto.

Or may be the other way around

[Taleexi]

Xaaji Xunjuf;910520 wrote:

Some people really dont get it cigaal silanyo tuur were the closest union matter infact vast majority of snm were unionist

The. People said no to mogadsiho not the politicians some people really think the politicians are holding people hostage.

 

Its not like that my friend go to somaliland speak to the people snm wanted some fair union in 1991

But the people said mogadisho has nothing to offer us eeh ina goyaa

Not my people, for decency sake speak on behalf of your kin folks alone !

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Taleexi we are the same people halkeed no kale wada awoow.

[Tillamook]

I once penned the above article to shame secessionism, and from the feedback I have gotten since, only tells me that I should have written it much early.

 

I am happy to report that the secesionist inclinations of some folk in the north, who supported it for clan solidarity reasons, have been greatly reduced--thanks to my prescient and logical calls to reject it.

 

So I thought it best to revive this thread so that the new flock of secessionist youngsters on SOL like Tallaabo and others, can draw some benefit from it.

 

Marka, hoo bariiska!

[Tallaabo]

Mr Tillamook, with this mischievous article you reminded me of Benjamin Netanyahu telling the US congress today that the Iranian people are good and talented people but their nation aught to be destroyed :-D

But as xaaji said, what you failed to recognise is the fact that its the people and not the politicians who are behind Somaliland's independence.

[Suldaanka]

Some people do underestimate the people's resolve.

[burahadeer]

those that told Siyad Barre that the then north Somalia was only around 200,000 and half of that emigrated to the gulf,therefore wont take months to eradicate thm are the same ones at today’s forfront telling the admin in Mogadishu same hilarious stuff.History repeats itself.Actually its good everyone takes off the gloves.