THE IDEA OF GREATER SOMALIA IS DEAD

The vision of Greater Somalia is dead, mainly because of Somalia’s strategic failure and inability to counter complex conspiracies by superpowers supporting Somalia’s strategic and geopolitical enemies. Following that abysmal failure of Somali thought and leadership in that regard, many of us were taking cues from the European experience after the Second World War that territories which came under the rule of different powers should be left alone as long as residents in the occupied lands enjoy equal rights in their new countries.That experiment gave Europe peace and prosperity. In the case of Somalia, leaving alone Somali territories forcefully occupied by our neighbouring countries with the aid of colonial powers came with a high price and tremendous sufferings.

Now, we ended up having a new challenge of defending the remaining, seemingly independent portion of Somalia under attack by our neighbours again, drawing the help this time from even our UAE and Turkish Muslim brothers. A new player is coming in too, Israel, in the mix.

How are we going to handle this new aggression with such a successive failure of leadership in this poor and unfortunate country?

There is a potential risk that the idea of Greater Somalia may eventually transform into greater Ethiopia and Israel into our land.

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