Murax wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:16 pm
Sahal,
That is why I used to get frustrated with Culusow. Granted Farmaajo hasn’t really accomplished much but at least he has هـمة عالية...carries himself like he is above the powerless regional admins. Culusow meanwhile used to carry himself like a regional Governor.
Been ayaad sheegtey
Its only in your eyes because that is how you saw him, you saw him through the prism of qabill, you viewed him as representing a certain qabill and could not see him as a Somali president.
The other reason why he may have appeared like this was the regional admins he was dealing with at the time could also not see him as the president, but someone with the title of the president but a representative of his clan interests and they treated him that way during their meetings and negotiations. The regional admins at the time were also mostly Darood and boy did they oppose him.
Farmaajo is not opposed in the same way, Jubaland (at the beginning) and Putland have always adopted a softer tone towards him and treated his actions with less suspicion and interpretation. Marka he had to deal with them that way
The regional admins are not powerless and have clout so lets not pretend, they have power and clout because the populations they rule over support them in their opposition to the federal government. Assuming HSM tried to exert the little power he had over them, the first people to oppose him would be the likes of you and others who would call him a hawiye dictator trying to impose rule from mogadishu,
Anyhow, Farmaajo despite all the qabill based hype is now a disaster, will see where Somalia goes from here. I dont mind you supporting someone from your qabill, but support someone worth supporting. I am also opposed the idea of opposing and criticising someone and blinding yourself to the good they did because of the qabill they hail from.