Did it dawn on you that Somalia has changed for the best?

[Voltage]

Recently I was thinking and analyzing why I am opposed to Shiekh Sharif and realized all the excuses I had put forward were really petty.

Excuses such as he ran, he left Asmara for Djibouti, he now wears a suit instead of khameez, a koofi barawani instead of cimaamad and I realized all that was so irrelavant and really just petty.

The reality is are WARLORDS any more in the equation?

I remember a time when a government being built in Djbouti or Kenya was such a side issue and viewed with almost comedic terms in a way that implied "oh wow another government expected to be controlled by and yield to warlords who in the end will destroy it".

But the real issue is where are the warlords?

Understand I am not talking about any clan. I mean warlords from all spectrum, in the collective sense of Somalia whether mines or Hawiye ror Raxanweyn or anyone else.

Today we look at a Djibouti conference with expectations and trust never ever bestowed any other government built for SOmalia in the last 20 years since the downfall of the late Siad Barre's government. We see them as actually BEING a government for SOmalia and there is not a single warlord having power in it nor has the ability or weight to have any influence in it.

In effect, we EXPECT this government to go to Muqdisho, we expect them to get the ball rolling, to truly bring SOmalis together, and to lay the real foundation for the future peaceful Somalia we really want to see.

Because of our hopes for a government, there really is not a person more suitable than Shiekh Sharif to be given the top position.

It is not that the Shiekh is any more educated or qualified then all the other people, but it is because of the SHiekh himself why he must become the president.

Naming a Shiekh for president of Somalia will bring the wadaado on board. It will bring all the people who want to see Somalia with an once of Islamic morality to accept this government and in the present era where the country's military power is controlled by wadaado, they have to be courted and brought on board. This much is clear enough.

However, the Shiekh is also on good terms with the West and in a globalized reality where the US is the world's only superpower the West's concerns about the Islamic power in SOmalia has to be alleviated if we expect the West not only to accept the wadaado but as well as invest in our country and open up the floodgates of world economy for us.

The Shiekh also has the support of the common Somali man who sees him as the public leader who presided over the people's revolution against the warlord vampires in 2006. For 20 years the common Somali man was oppressed, he was made powerless, he watched his daughter raped, and his wife robbed, he was denied the right to live honorably and at every point he was emasculated by the vicious warlords and their blood-sucking militias who subjugated him. It is not the wadaado who defeated the warlords in 2006. It was the common man, united under 20 years of unbearably living, and Shiekh SHarif presided over and represented that honorable campaign.

When you take all that into consideration and you look at the LONG RUN, the BIG PICTURE, and analyze what you want Somalia to be and how it can possibly get there, Shiekh SHarif is really the man for the job. He embodies all the qualities of the kind of person desired, and in fact NEEDED to move Somalia forward at this time.

It is time to stop thinking small and realize Somalia has changed for the best and Shiekh Sharif is the person that can best help the nation complete the next crucial steps successfully.

If AL SHabaab resists, they will unmask themselves as enemies of the Somali people. Ethiopia is gone and the honorable fight against them will always be viewed as the war for liberty and freedom, but the fact is Ethiopia is now gone. It is Somalia and Somalis. If Al Shabaab picks up the gun against the Somali consensus and dialogue to bring their nation back, they would have declared themselves as enemies of the Somali people and it is both religious and patriotic to support a campaign against them.

Did it dawn on you that Somalia has changed for the best?

[Babygirl-]

Somalia has NO hope!!

[Numeric]

Voltage, you are on to something bro. May ALLAH give Somalia peace.

[Twisted_Logic]

Well, it is a good departure from your analysis just few days ago, but nonetheless a good progress in terms of how you view the situation. So, you get bonus points from me for being open-minded this time.

I was talking to a cousin of mine, last night and he made a carbon-copy analysis of what you have just argued. Personally, if I had my way, I would choose Nur Cade in a heart-beat as Sh Sharif is in a perpetual quest to satisfy every-one. But if his choosing is going to rally the people and unite the ARS and move this nation forward,then who am I to stand in the way of the Somali people? I am aware that 30 members of ARS-Asmara are now headed to Jabuti to officially join ARS-Jabuti and that is a welcome sign.

I have a gut-feeling that 2009 will be the year we finally restore hope and new-found optimism in Somalia. Inshallah

[xamd]

There is no silver bullet and a leader is not what defines the people. It is time that we the people took responsibility. Shaykh Sharrif and Nur Adde, regardless of what may or may not be wrong with them, are leagues ahead of the rest. It is time we choose a leader and move on with our lives.

[black velvet]

This time there seems to be more hope, it's less about if this will work rather who will make it work.

Lakin one thing I don't get; from my understanding the president will be purely ceremonial so why are they all campaigning for presidency?

I can see how Sh. Sharif would be better suited as a president since he can, as we have seen, bring people together despite lacking in political experience. Nuur Cade though? I think he should remain prime minister because he has proven he can get the job done. Despite this in some ways I just don't trust the guy, but then again he is a politician and I wouldn't trust any politician.

[Kukri]

Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch!

Nothing that came out of the South over the pass two decades gives us any reason to think this will be any different. Not that i dont have any faith on sheikh sharif, but rather on the ability of walaweyn to use sound reasoning in regards to managing their affairs. When ever there is a slight hope of positive change, just like footballers who swap shirts after an important game, walaweyn dont only swap shirt but also the abu-cumar, faster than you can say NABAD! And before you know it, yesterdays mooryaans and warlords,are selling themselves as Imaams and community leaders.

But hey, Allah works in mysterious ways so we never know. But we sure aint holding our breath!

[Hyperactive]

somalia needs a miracle.

[Kukri]

somalia needs a miracle.

Not necessarily.

[Hyperactive]

i meant no miracle will come from sky.
i dont see any thing comming soon.
ALlah wont change us unless we change our selves.

cycle will goes on for generation becaise i see younths think like a mini warlords.lol

[Diyeeshaha_Tolka]

kana waxaan kaga yaabay isbadalka badan,,,beritona wax kale ayuu la imaan doonaa

[Hyperactive]

kana waxaan kaga yaabay isbadalka badan,,,beritona wax kale ayuu la imaan doonaa

wa ke kan ad ka hadleyso.lol

[Diyeeshaha_Tolka]

kana waxaan kaga yaabay isbadalka badan,,,beritona wax kale ayuu la imaan doonaa

wa ke kan ad ka hadleyso.lol

kan la yiraahdo voltage

[Hyperactive]

war nin kas wa politician,
and policians always change where their intrest lies.

marka ninku wah ghareeb ah lama iman.

odeygi shariif ahmed ahaba wad arkeysa maanta sidu yahay iyo shalay sidu aha.

[Diyeeshaha_Tolka]

war nin kas wa politician,
and policians always change where their intrest lies.

marka ninku wah ghareeb ah lama iman.

odeygi shariif ahmed ahaba wad arkeysa maanta sidu yahay iyo shalay sidu aha.

lol shariif ahmed the last 2 years laba jeer ayuu mooqifkiisa badalay,,laakiin ninkan voltage every week ayuu is badalaa,,