"Wishful Thinking by the West.Wait and see.

I would like to share the thoughts of the U.K ambassador with you and I hope everybody will comment.For me its "All Wishful Thinking " what the ambassador is saying.In Somali we say 'fari kama Qodna" which means there is still a lot to do in idiomatic way or its just the beginning. To make short my comment there is an "Established Regimes" with its own Al-ittixad business Cartels,"puppet leaders".warlords-drug-barons and military systems( intelligence,immigration and police force ) all loyal to the Powers running the show and allied to the Meles regime of Ethiopia..The problems of Somalia its not only Al-Shabaab-maybe the number one enemy-but all this other groups are part of the problem and would never(?)r accept a democratic,transparent and accountable State in Somalia.A state where the Rule of the Law is supreme and the people elects and chooses its own leaders.This emphasis on the transition is part of the deceiving game of this groups why they will came back and Rule after August and will continue to exploit and infringe on the basic rights of the Somali people citizens.Unless this groups face what we call " International accountability" for their crimes against humanity and all the money and assets they stashed in Nairobi and Dubai is frozen/blocked and given back to the Somali people things will not change.This ruling/cliques/ elites who have the power in Hargheisa,Mogadishu and Garowe have the political support and assistance of regional powers , some Big powers and have unconditional political alliance with Ethiopia.They go to meetings for the last twenty years and have seen of all colors and deceived everybody posing as representative of Somali clan/communities and in general Somali people-citizens.Like every dominant group for a very long time they do not believe they could be replaced and they make/ believe the 'masses" that they are the "only one" doing their Clan or sub-clans interests.They have reverted to use the Old methods of the Siad Barre regime that only loyalty to them is what is needed from the Bureaucracy and the Security services to be promoted and enrich themselves. By bringing a New Constitution is what the world is believing will change things in Somalia.They are totally mistaken and this Regime of Warlords-drug barons,Puppet leaders and Al-Ittixad business Cartels is not worried at all about this" so-called Constitutional order." I will wait after August to see the world came to realize that the fight against Al-shabaab is the easiest part of the "liberation of Somalia" and the hard part is this anti-democratic forces which are themselves allied to Salafist/Jihadsit.Wait and see.

A happier anniversary? - Matt Baugh

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Ambassador to Somalia