Linking this to the NFD, it is right that Jubaland joins Kenya and be with their NFD kinsmen. This quote from Gabre really inspired me:
Once the Somali people know a fantasy called 'Somaliweyn' cannot exist for a PERMANENTLY divided people, Somalis will be relieved and happy to be with their own clansmen and other friendly clans.Gabre wrote:And what if the people themselves wish to be with their compatriots and clansmen across the Anglo-made straight line border? The Maxamed Zubeer of Jubbaland and Maxamed Zubeer of NEP are one and the same. If they want to hold a Crimea-like referendum to secede and then join up with the mother nation of Kenya, would you have a problem with it and call it "theft of someone else's land" ? What has being part of Somalia gotten the people of Jubbaland for the last 25 years other than multiple famines, warring and a complete disintegration of society?James Dahl wrote:Because it isn't right, it's theft of someone else's land. That land belongs to the Somali people.Gabre wrote: Riddle me this James Dahl: what's it to you the Anglo Canadian whether Jubbalanders join their North Eastern Province brethren as part of the Republic of Kenya or not? What's your skin in the game?
We in the west don't have the best history in this regard but I think that was wrong too. Somalia has enough problems, people should leave them alone.