Posted on 04/13/2026 7:59:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa is once again offering the United States a military base in a strategic area with access to critical minerals, this time reminding the USA that this could be the perfect foothold from which to counter terrorist operations from the Iranian regime and the Houthis.
On Monday, the Republic of Somaliland's X account shared a Fox News headline about how a potential U.S. base in the African nation could be crucial in combatting the jihadis who terrorize the area:
The Republic of Somaliland is seeking international recognition and is offering the United States access to its minerals and military bases. The US is invited to make a deal.
pic.twitter.com/ZWVY0Kwp3S— REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND (@RepOfSomaliland) April 13, 2026
America could have a new source of critical minerals on which our high-tech society depends, a strategic port, and a launching point for any necessary future action against surrounding terror groups. Yes, America does have bases in several Middle Eastern countries like Qatar, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, but at some point we should pull out of those places. Qatar is a major state sponsor of terrorism, Saudi Arabia enforces harsh sharia law and persecutes Christians, and Iraq is torn apart by terrorism. Wouldn't it be better for our men to have them based in a country not antithetical to our values and interests?
To clear up any initial misconceptions, Somaliland was the former British dominion that agreed after achieving independence to unite with Somalia, but quickly realized that the latter corrupt, violent nation was much more a burden than an asset...
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FROM FOX NEWS VIA MSNS:
[EXCERPT]
Top U.S. military officials, including the Commander of U.S. Forces in Africa, Gen. Dagvin Anderson, recently visited facilities being offered in Somaliland. Somaliland is a pro-U.S. outpost, having broken away from war-torn Somalia in 1991.
Bab-el-Mandeb, which is Arabic for ‘gate of tears’, has become the main route for oil to ship out of the Middle East to Asia since the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed. Bloomberg News reported that Saudi Arabia has switched to shipping potentially up to seven million barrels of oil a day from its port at Yanbu on the Red Sea through the strait. It’s reported that up to 14% of the world’s shipping passes through the 16-mile-wide strait.
Enter the controversial offer to the U.S. of an air and naval base at Berbera in Somaliland. The official Republic of Somaliland site on X extolled Berbera’s virtues last month, boasting that it has “a deep water port along the artery connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean”, and “one of Africa’s longest runways, originally developed as a NASA emergency landing site.”
And! They will provide Daycare!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Boy did Shrub, bummer and Ottopen pick the wrong friends and wrong enemies. Get it right and the world is your oyster.
Looks like a good strategic location.
Screw them. The American taxpayers can’t afford it. Too many thieves.
Good place to have a base. The US can work on making friends and having mutually beneficial economic and military relationships with African nations too.
I’m startin’ to like these guys!
Don’t we have a base in the area in Djibouti called Camp Lemonnier? Seems close enough.
send Ilhan Omar to Somaliland. They’ll take care of her
Beware Somali’s bearing gifts
Somaliland is NOT the same as Somalia. Read the article.
From Aleph N:
“Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is looking more and more strategic.”
https://x.com/no_itsmyturn/status/2043894632195493889
Nice place to drop off all those “Minnesotans.”
Hopefully Somaliland will treat them as they deserve...
...on their way southeast.
Somaliland is a quick learer...
Somaliland isn’t the same country as Somalia-if you read the article, it tells you that-and why they don’t get along. Somalia is the place with actual pirates-and endless scams-NOT Somaliland...
Somaliland isn’t the same country as Somalia-if you read the article, it tells you that-and why they don’t get along. Somalia is the place with actual pirates-and endless scams-NOT Somaliland...
We should take this offer before the Russians get a foothold.
Almost like they did it on purpose.
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