somaliland has a flag, a functioning government, its own police force and a central bank with its own currency but no recognition on the world stage. the main market looks and feels like any other in an african capital city. it seems they are worlds away from the violence and instability of mogadishu. the government here has been campaigning for recognition as an independent state. should somaliland be allowed to go its own way, or should it remained part of somalia and help bring peace and prosperity to a country that has known war for 20 years? midmorning, and it is already hot, crowded, busy, and noisy at this money transfers center, one of many around the city. hard to believe that technically, this is still somalia. >> people all over the world. basic amounts to live on, for food basically. >> with no seat at united nations or african union, somaliland has received precious little in age from the a outside world and is reliant on private individuals to help oil the wheels of its informal economy. somali man shows it has a semblance of normal lsd in somalia, a country that has now

. >> somaliland is a different country. it has become independent. has factions of government and does not want to be sucked back. we want to be stable and we want to be independent, but that does not mean that we would not like to see peace and stability. >> but somaliland is not immune from the militant brand of islam as an that afflicts other parts of somalia. in 2008, suicide car bombers killed dozens. >> we are working with the international community to guard against this. >> somaliland plays an important role in the fight against global terror and piracy, but it has yet to win the recognition it craves. 20 years on and the people here as in the rest of somalia still wait for a better and brighter future. >> as the traditional english saying goes, every dog has its day. for one dog in particular, that they came when he was trapped on an ice floe out at sea. that must have looked like the end, but it seems his dramatic rescue last year has not put him off a life on the ocean wave. >> standing guard on the prowl. this i

with this war on terror to push these policies under obama we are spreading the war into yemen, somaliland elsewhere. the yemeni government is the worst regime in america and we are tying ourselves. bonds and villages fighting shi'ah rebels displacing hundreds of thousands. weapons and money from the u.s. to use against domestic opposition. no. -- we tie ourselves to them and get deeper and deeper into things with nothing to do with national security. time will take questions. [applause] >> you can recognize questions. please identify yourself when you ask question. [inaudible] >> foreign policy regarding iraq and afghanistan. >> only 40,000. there will be a long time presence in iraq training the iraqi military air force, that kind of thing. you can't call iraq and occupied country any more. in afghanistan, afghanistan is a political problem. at some point you have to recognize negotiating with the taliban dissolution. little taliban commanders might seem like a good thing but these taliban commanders of the ones who are much more moderate, able to be pressured by the community and tribal