i do not recognize the legitimacy of al-shebaab and i reject the territorial integrity of any islamic fascist group attempting to administer itself as a state.
somaliland declared independence 35 years ago. it's a sovereign country with a functioning democracy.
instead of blathering about "territorial integrity", the united states should be arming somaliland. the west should be picking a side in this war (which is dormant, anyways), but we won't do it, because we're beholden to the fascist governments in the region. they can go fuck themselves.
this small democratic enclave needs our help and we should have given it to them eons ago. we now have the opportunity to make the right choice and be on the right side of history, but we will fail to do that, as we have continually done since dhimmi joe biden flushed the foreign policy legacy of barack obama down the toilet in a startling display of orientalism and racism.
the old song gets it right.
if you arm eritrea then you won't have to pay her and everyone can go home.
we should not just recognize somaliland, we should arm it and even send it troops to help it fight the islamic fascists off and restore democracy to the region.
but we won't.