Castro attempted to broker a confederation of S. Yemen, Ethiopia and Somalia, but Somalia& #39;s gov refused. He then attempted to negotiate the return of the occupied Somali region, but was rejected by the Somali gov who insisted on claiming territories well beyond legitimate claims. https://twitter.com/benmurii/status/1244605463288741891">https://twitter.com/benmurii/...

The Somali gov& #39;s intransigence to the proposals brokered by the Cuban gov was spurred by the usual combination of coercion & empty promises from the west. The entire region was set back significantly because of the chain of events that were unleashed after these decisions.

The Somali gov& #39;s position meant that nothing short of the absolute collapse of the Ethiopian state, which was unquestionably the least developed nation in the world, was the intended outcome- a scenario that would& #39;ve greatly imperiled many millions of ppl.

Cuba& #39;s appraisal of the situation was correct- the Ethiopian state had to be preserved in order to prevent the horrendous consequences that would& #39;ve followed. The Somali gov& #39;s unwillingness to settle for a mutually beneficial peace forced the negative sum outcome of that war.

at any rate, harun& #39;s ahistoric invocation of Cuba& #39;s support for Ethiopia isn& #39;t surprising, but it& #39;s particularly shocking that he would mention Cuba& #39;s immense contributions to the war against white power in Southern Africa as some "gotcha" moment. https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1244602602471526407?s=20">https://twitter.com/HarunMaru...

I suppose harun could also spin Cuba& #39;s contributions to the liberation struggle against the west & its proxies in the Congo, Algeria, and Syria to be the same as the west& #39;s relentless wars of aggression.