ICU was never a threat to somaliland,
we face no millitary threats at all.
the Peace card was and is of no political use,
Somaliland would have benefited more and attracted more attebtion if we were more aggressive with our policy on somalia.
When we sat back and used the peace card, the EU and US and others that are sympathetic to Somaliland, wrongly assumed that we would not rock the boat and that we can be coaxed back into some sort of union.
This is the main reason for the lack of action on recognition,
on one side we have virulent enemies, the Arab league led by egypt adamantley against recognition, and on the other side we have our friends and
allies believeing that we are not really that serious about independance and that somehow we can be bribed back into a union once the mess in the south is fixed.