# Somali Nationalism, Armed Power and State Building - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117646123401957739 - Source account: [@FergieBallFan](https://x.com/FergieBallFan) - Source language: Finnish - Target language: English - Duration: 2:47 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/fi/somalian-nationalismi-aseellinen-valta-ja-valtion-rakentaminen.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building) One day, sooner or later, it will emerge. [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=4) A new Somali group, that is nationalist and carries guns. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=10) Are they coming from Berbera? Are they coming from Garowe? [0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=13) Are they coming from Gaalkacyo? Are they coming from Baydhabo? [0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=17) Are they coming from Kismaayo? Are they coming from Cadale? [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=20) Are they coming from Isku Wacaase? They’re coming from all sorts of places, mashallah. [0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=23) A Somali group has to emerge and defeat the other groups, and disarm the people, and form a government, an armed population. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=34) Isn’t this already underway? It isn’t. It isn’t. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=37) Because for it to happen, the first condition for statehood is a monopoly on violence. [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=43) The government must have the power to use legitimate force. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=49) Every tree in Mogadishu, at the very least, has a pistol at its base. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=53) Some have men hiding behind them, Some are just lying there, some are hereditary and hereditary rulers. [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=57) Does a government work like that? They make people work in the middle. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=61) Can we really just choose someone like that and have them work in an institution? No. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=66) We need to fight again, and Somaliland has to fight. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=70) A Somali group has to fight. A Somali group has to emerge. [1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=73) Then where should it come from? That group has to spread across Somalia, from one end of the country to the other, like the groups in Syria now. [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=82) Did the others lay down their arms? Have any groups laid down their arms? [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=86) Could the Taliban in Afghanistan not lay down their arms? [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=89) That's what we're waiting for. When Tigray took over Ethiopia, did they lay down their arms? [1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=94) When Museveni took over, when he took over Uganda, did they lay down their arms? [1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=98) When the RUF took over Burundi, did they lay down their arms? [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=100) Are you there alone? There's no one else. [1:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=102) We have to fight— Did Faroo come to fight? [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=104) No, we have to fight again. Until statehood is achieved, until a Somali government is established. [1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=109) We need a Somali group. Will they come through religion? [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=116) Will they come through their region? But they must be nationalist. [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=120) The government itself, even if it's secure, should use that force— A group… [2:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=124) It can't. It can't. A nationalist group, a nationalist group whose only job is foreign affairs, and that is united. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=133) The people have to come and be disarmed, an armed populace, a government must be built. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=138) So the government has to leave there? The government has to leave, then. It's not a government. [2:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=143) This system must be the one that came from Djibouti, and passed through, and passed through, uh, uh, They've been through a lot, and emerged from Garowe, Garowe. [2:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=152) A government must be built, taking twenty-five years. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/p55PTPz0BNMO/en/somali-nationalism-armed-power-and-state-building?t=156) He must leave, and a new administration and a new unity and new strength and new blood and new ideas must be brought in.