James O'Keefe

Father, Husband, American and Business Owner

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

In a world hungry for new markets, one of the biggest success stories is unfolding, largely unnoticed, in the Horn of Africa.

This is #Somaliland, a de facto nation that built a democracy from the ashes of war, and it's on the brink of an economic explosion.

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[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Asturran @Reuters you're a Somalian

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@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP We're making Somaliland the Singapore of Africa: wealthy, sovereign, and lightyears ahead of you. While You are forever doomed to rot in a lawless, terror-infested wasteland, miserable shit of a country. Stay mad, stay broke, and watch us dominate the region.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

Watching @AliOmarMP call Somaliland "never a country" is absurd. On June 26, 1960, Somaliland broke colonial chains with the British, the same way every African country was born. If that process makes a country everywhere else on the continent, it makes one in Somaliland too.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP We will never allow you to even think of harming Somalilanders ever again, we will protect them from your terrorism

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP Praising terror groups while calling Somaliland "treasonous" only proves why Somaliland chose independence: your vision of "unity" is built on hatred, violent extremism, and forced subjugation.

Somaliland will never rejoin your terror infested, failed shit-hole country.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP It actually concerns me because u once committed a genocide in Somaliland. Don't pretend history never happened. No one will let u commit those atrocities ever again. We will continue to speak up on behalf of the people of Somaliland, their freedom & their right to exist in peace

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP The fact that you can't answer the simple question I asked you proves my point.

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@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP No one is invading anyone, the only obsession here is your refusal to accept the will of the people Somaliland. Have you ever actually asked yourself why you’re trying invade and force union on a people that rejected you for over 60 years?

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Pats4lyffe21 @AliOmarMP Resorting to racial slurs and threats of "havoc" only proves you’ve completely lost the argument. When you can't dispute international law, colonial treaties, or historical documents from 1960, you resort to intimidation. The legal facts remain, no matter how angry you get.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP Insults aren't legal arguments. Calling names doesn't change the fact that the 1960 Act of Union was never jointly signed into law and the 1961 constitution was rejected in Somaliland. When you can't dispute the paper trail, you attack the person citing it.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP Sharing faith and language doesn’t eliminate the need for legal consent and sovereign governance. The 22 Arab League nations share faith, language, and culture, yet remain independent sovereign countries. Demanding legal statehood isn't "divide and rule", it’s voluntary consent.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP "Greater Somalia" was actually an idea coined by British Sec. Ernest Bevin in 1946, not an ancient Islamic state. Historically, Somalis shared faith & culture, but politically lived under distinct Sultanates (Adal, Isaaq, Majeerteen, Geledi), never a single country.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@mofarah94 @AliOmarMP Calling it a "failed colonial project" actually proves the point: Somaliland negotiated treaties of protection, not conquest. The UK terminated its protectorate on June 26 (Somaliland Order in Council 1960), officially granting Somaliland independence as a sovereign country.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@Mamiin2 @AliOmarMP Before colonialism, there was no such thing as "Somalia", the region was ruled by distinct polities like the Adal Sultanate and the Isaaq Sultanate. Shared culture doesn't equal a single state (look at the 22 Arab nations). Statehood requires legal consent, which failed in 1960.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

Driven by post-independence ideals, the 1960 proposal was rejected in the 1961 Somaliland referendum and never jointly signed into law. Relying on "territorial integrity" relies on an uncompleted contract. Somaliland wasn't and won't be a sub-unit of Somalia.

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

Following Somaliland’s 1960 independence, Hargeisa and Mogadishu passed conflicting union bills. Neither parliament ratified the other’s version, and no joint law was ever signed. The legal foundation of the union collapsed before it ever began.

[Gaboose @Guntigaab]

Borama Somaliland 📍

Acrobatic Festival 🔥🔥

[James O'Keefe @RepKeefe]

@patriot_savvy Damn, bitch, you picked a fight with Somalilanders. Now you gotta stand on business.