Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination.
Evidence
Undoubtedly in many quarters there was enthusiasm for a government – ‘any government’ as many Somalis, tired of fighting and chaos and the destruction of public services, put it. But this did not translate into an upsurge of support capable of undermining the destructive power of the warlords, most of whom had declined to participate in Arta. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Warlords ignored clan loyalty to their own president and rejected Arta; Warlords believed they could manipulate outside intervention to their advantage — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 630