By Awale Kullane  

I was wondering, or should I say, hypothesizing, about, if I did the one-to-one interview with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi? Or better if Abdulkadir Nadara from Universal TV did it, we would have been labeled as sell-outs and traitors, we would have been accused of promoting the enemy and of-course Mahmud Nur “Tarzan” the great leader representing the Somali Diaspora of London, a powerful member of the Somali liberation group the “Asmara group” and his posse, unified with Qaadisiya website, would have lead such a charge, the group would have demonstrated outside the British parliament, shouting slogans against us, and we would be dubbed as, Enemy lovers, traitors, turncoats, defectors, spies ,men who sank to a new low.

In a very short time, there would be a youtube video out, for evidence; of how great men from the Somali liberation group are disgruntled with such propaganda we make, for the enemy, worse: giving the respect, of an interview to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, alone, would have landed us, in a political land-mine.

Objectivity would be regarded as justifications from us, and anything less then a spit on the Premier Meles Zenawi face, would be considered damage to our integrity. Of course by the lenses of the leaders of Asmara group, at least there supporters in London, who have cursed some media group for lesser offences, like not attending all demonstration, would have a field-day on us.

However when the great Yusuf Garaad does it, has a one-to-one interview with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, well, I don't see all that happening, he would probably retain his high status, by the supporters of the Asmara group at least. That’s when you know, some people have the Panache.

I don't have the Panache, Nadara hasn't got enough Panache to survive Tarzan and his posse a month, in-fact there is no interviewer who can get out of such task without a scratch by the opposition, therefore its fair to say, the great Yusuf Garaad has tons of Panache, to pull such enormous, provocative action against those who normally lash out at others, would themselves surprisingly give, the great Yusuf Garaad a hand of applause and shout Kudos.

Its so great, to witness such a rapid conversion of paradigm, those who demonstrated in London, against Universal TV, must have been, some interesting people, whose principles and objectives are at least clear to them, however not to me. Why some journalist are crucified for not chanting along and other journalist are rewarded and praised for not chanting along, baffles me?, probably leaders of the demonstrations sometimes understood the power of panache, to give way to those who possessed it, and against those who lacked it.

If only I could freeze time, I would have frozen this moment forever, for how the complexity of most (including me) is nothing more then the simplicity of some with Panache.

awale@yahoo.com