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2007-01-03 Africa Horn

Somalia and Ethiopia to be united, says Somali minister

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If true, major stupid for Ethiopians.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-03 02:58|| 2007-01-03 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe stupid, maybe smart. If it doesn't cost them much $$$ they could come out of this with a lot of regional juche, power that is. They could, given the state of the rest of the horn, become the uncontested big boy in that part of the world. And that wouldn't be so bad to have the second oldest Christian nation in the world take the reigns in that region.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-03 08:20|| 2007-01-03 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Are you happy with Somalis in USA?
Do you have any reason to believe that Somalis in Ethiopia will be any different?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-03 09:32|| 2007-01-03 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Could be good, or bad. Good: Could bring order and peace to an area long in anarchy.
Bad: Could inflame tribal tensions and lead to more civil war and anarchy.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-03 09:42|| 2007-01-03 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Do you have any reason to believe that Somalis in Ethiopia will be any different?

Sure do. Ethiopians are not Americans, and as such, probably not as infected/afflicted with PC BS, or multi-culti BS. The Ethiopians would most likely thump the snot out of any slammers that stepped out of line, they seem to do a pretty good job of keeping their own slammers in line.

Posted by Chuck Darwin 2007-01-03 09:46|| 2007-01-03 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 The great thing here is that it's an African problem resolved by Africans.
The hidden bad thing is that the Christians in Ethiopia will become targets to be overwhelmed by birth rates, rapes, murders, and IEDs as the jihadis march into eternity.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-03 13:32|| 2007-01-03 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Love at first invasion. How sweet.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-01-03 13:58|| 2007-01-03 13:58|| Front Page Top

#8 The good side would be that Ethiopia would be "less" landlocked.

Posted by SwissTex 2007-01-03 14:05|| 2007-01-03 14:05|| Front Page Top

#9 With the existing agreements with both Djibouti and Somaliland, the Ethiopians may lack ports of their own but they do have assured access to others' ports.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-03 18:04|| 2007-01-03 18:04|| Front Page Top

#10 #5 Soviet Union did a good job of "keeping their own slammers in line". Once it was gone, they came back in all slammer glory. Which shows that keeping "slammers in line" is just passing the problem to your children.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-03 23:34|| 2007-01-03 23:34|| Front Page Top

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