Kaafiye wrote:If Somalia received proper funding from the West, and if our Somali leaders weren't so wretched and corrupt, we could easily fund 100,000 professional Somali soldiers, as well as receive tanks, airplanes, helicopters, ships, machine-guns, artillery, and jeeps. There are dozens of old Navy ships which NATO puts out of commission every single year. Somalia could easily receive these old Navy ships, refurbish them, and use them for our Navy.
All it takes is a little dedication from Hassan Sheikh to make this happen, but this idiot would rather concern himself with things of no importance...rather than using his position to empower his country.
There are thousands of Somali boys who graduate from university every single year, with absolutely no job prospects due to the terrible state of Somalia's economy. If they were given positions in the military, they could easily use their education to become Officers in the Somali military. And we could attract high-quality recruits to the armed forces. If each of them were making 1500 dollars per month indefinitely, then they could be even more motivated to actually pacify our country. Al Shabaab could be destroyed within a few months. We could hire Somali intelligence officers, undercover agents, police officers, special-forces commandos, and detectives. We could send these Somali boys to the United States where they could be trained by the FBI on how to conduct police investigations. We could easily request the US Marine Corps on helping us create a Somali Special Forces Unit.
All this does is require a leader with some dedication and competence. This current Somali President has none of that, and that's why we're running around in circles while we have 20,000 Bantu soldiers occupying our country and exploiting our people. It's disgusting. It's a travesty and our noble Somali forefathers would be turning in their graves if they knew what became of our country.
Habar fadhidaa lagdan la fudud. What if the West does't want fund somali army ? Xaggee u dhaqaaqaysaa ? I don't see how anyone can blame somali leaders about military issues. Untill independent money source such as petroleum or other natural resources are found in Somalia, we will be at the mercy of West.