Not posting this on thoughts on? for more traction.
cfgaussian - 2mon
Not good. Bad for both countries but much worse for Somalia. Look at the state of Somalia now vs Ethiopia. Ethiopia has had serious problems and internal conflicts (in which the US also had a hand, i remember only a few years ago they were backing the Tigray rebels and making propaganda for them), but they are still in much better shape than Somalia.
The Somalians were cynically used as a proxy by the US and it ended for them the way it ends for all such sacrificial pawns. The US then, after first supporting them, later invaded and bombed Somalia, so they can't even say that they won the US's favor by doing their dirty work. Now they are probably losing Somaliland. Wouldn't it have been so much better for the region if both countries had worked together?
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Collatz_problem [comrade/them] - 2mon
Incredible nationalism-induced cringe that dealt a heavy blow to socialism in Africa.
Coco0330 in asklemmygrad
Thoughts on the Ogaden War?
Not posting this on thoughts on? for more traction.
Not good. Bad for both countries but much worse for Somalia. Look at the state of Somalia now vs Ethiopia. Ethiopia has had serious problems and internal conflicts (in which the US also had a hand, i remember only a few years ago they were backing the Tigray rebels and making propaganda for them), but they are still in much better shape than Somalia.
The Somalians were cynically used as a proxy by the US and it ended for them the way it ends for all such sacrificial pawns. The US then, after first supporting them, later invaded and bombed Somalia, so they can't even say that they won the US's favor by doing their dirty work. Now they are probably losing Somaliland. Wouldn't it have been so much better for the region if both countries had worked together?
Incredible nationalism-induced cringe that dealt a heavy blow to socialism in Africa.