The funny Kulmiye
The enemies of Somaliland rejoiced on the answers given by a U.S State Department spokesman. On the contrary the people of Somaliland rejoiced that the most prominent journalists in Washington were asking the spokesman about the big news of the day: The presence of the President of the Republic of Somaliland in Washington.
Whether the American Government was denying that it was on the verge of recognizing Somaliland or not, the very fact that the U.S Government is being suspected by the journalists on taking that step was a great news for Somaliland as well as a great diplomatic victory for President Rayalle Kahin.
The journalists of the major American Papers and Networks did not ask about Iraq or about NATO or about China that day. They asked the spokesman about Somaliland and whether the U.S is on the verge of recognising it, and they were not ready to accept NO for an answer, knowing what everybody in Washington knew that day about the level of activity surrounding the President of Somaliland and his delegation.
The truth of the matter emerged when the President’s delegation left Washington , and the same State Department Spokesman issued an official statement in which he made it clear that the U.S and Somaliland will continue to engage in the aftermath of President Rayaale’s visit in matters of mutual interest for both countries. To the dismay of our enemies, for a first time visit it could not come to be better than that.
I was not at all surprised that the usual anti Somaliland forces will try to catch the straw like a man drowning in the sea, and therefore try to rejoice at anything that they may interpret as a bad news for Somaliland, even if it is only in their imaginations. I am not at all surprised by that. However, what is so funny is the reactions of major Kulmiye figures, who from the parliament of Somaliland to the prominent members in the west coast, and from the Editorials of certain newspapers to interviews in the Horyal Radio seem to be shaking with fear of the Presidents mission and are acting in the most awkward way you could think about.
Strangely enough, they looked and acted more Wanlawein than Aw Koombe himself. Look at what their headlines and jargons are. “ Mad-madow safarka Madah-weinaha”, “Rayaale isagaa iska soo rooray”, ”Madaxweynaha diplomaasi maaha. Aniga banaanka” .And so on and so on and so forth.
I do not understand why the Kulmiye leadership acts like a group egg laying creatures whenever the President and his team take the spear and seize the theatre of the world stage with thunder and lightening that make the great world players hard to ignore the reality and the place of honour that Somaliland has among the progressive nations of the world.! !
I wonder! I wonder why Kulmiye gets jumpy like jittery cats in these joyful times. It could only be explained by the oldest of all human instincts. JEALOUSY!! I am telling them here.... Guys, grow up will you please.!! I mean emotion-wise!!! Politics of jealousy and sabotage will take no one anywhere. Here we are talking about the British Parliament and its Prime Minister, the White House Security Branch, the Pentagon, the State.
I am warning my friends in the Kulmiye party to be careful about their words when the national issues like recognition are at stake. We know how some of them ran away to Mogadisho when they lost the election. I am afraid that by rejoicing the same way as the Southerners did, they are putting themselves at the wrath of the Somaliland public, something that I do not want to happen to them. Naturally I would like the Kulmiye party to be defeated in the ballot box, I just cannot stand someone despising them.
Nevertheless, I am afraid that is the path that they are following. Someone who cannot manage his feelings can never manage the destiny of a country.
Mohamud Tani
mohamudtmohamud_t@yahoo.com