After all....
"The United States and many European states... willingness last year to promote the controversial independence of Kosovo."
What's good for the white is good for the black, right?
"In Somalia, at least one democracy flourishes" by Peter Buttigieg and Nathaniel Myers | August 5, 2008
RECENTLY WE went to Somalia as American tourists. We stayed only a night, but that was plenty of time to wander unescorted through the local market, explore town in a battered
That's it?
It might seem an odd choice of vacation spot, given that Somalia, so long synonymous with "failed state," appears to be growing ever more dangerous. The insurgency against the American-backed Ethiopian occupation persists, and last month it was reported that a particularly radical group has launched a campaign to murder relief workers.
Indeed, we were able to travel safely to Somalia only because of a peculiar but important technicality: The world makes no distinction between the Republic of Somaliland, the autonomous and self-governing territory that we visited, and the rest of Somalia to its south.
Since declaring independence in 1991, Somaliland has achieved a level of peace and stability beyond the wildest dreams of the quasi-government in Mogadishu. Yet remarkably, throughout the many years the international community has funded, fed, and sought vainly to stabilize Somalia, it has ignored the peaceful and democratic polity to Somalia's north.
This is a conscious policy decision: No country on earth will recognize Somaliland as a peer. The African Union has occasionally "studied" the issue, but its members are loath to endorse what would amount to secession from one of their own. The United States and many European states have said they will defer to the African Union's policy - despite their willingness last year to promote the controversial independence of Kosovo.
The remarkable achievements of Somaliland have gone unnoticed. In one of the world's most dangerous areas, it has managed to establish peace and stability, and gone on to develop a unique democratic regime that incorporates both direct elections and formal roles for traditional clan elders.
The international community's approach to Somaliland not only ignores these accomplishments; it might destroy them.
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Gee, the racist, Zionist-controlled AmeriKan MSM has me thinking the Africans were all a bunch of savages.
Who knew?
Also see: The Somalia You Never Hear About
