Morocco in front of the other war

Since the Sahara issue emerged -- which is fabricated -- Morocco has had to face one attack after another. At the beginning it faced a real war waged by Algeria. When the war ended with military and social control of the Sahara in 1985, in a way that safeguarded its residents, another war began that has taken on a political character. There was no other aim to this conflict except to drain the kingdom that waged its wars in its own way. The Moroccan way espouses patience and restraint to the end, but being decisive when required, such as expressing no confidence in the representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations at the appropriate time. It is always necessary to return to the starting point. If it is required to grant Sahrawis self-determination, who are those Sahrawis that deserve this right? Are they the Sahrawis located along the strip extending from Mauritania to South Sudan through several countries in the region, including Algeria? If Algeria is so keen on the rights of the Sahrawis, why does not it secure them an independent state on its spacious land instead of seeking a state for them in what is called the Western Sahara at the expense of Morocco? Are the Sahrawis in Algeria or Mauritania any different from the Sahrawis of the Polisario Front, who mostly oppose being at the mercy of short-sighted Algerian politics that have no aim except to wage attrition wars on Morocco? Why does not the United Nations, if it is really keen to apply international law, carry out a referendum among the Sahrawis that live in a big prison in Tindouf, which is on Algerian land, instead of searching for impossible solutions that have nothing to do with reality? This includes deducting part of Morocco's territory and establishing a state; one that revolves around Algeria and secures a path for this country to the Atlantic Ocean. They are the dreams of a sick regime. Such a regime does not build states, but uses the revenues of oil and gas to offend other countries and fabricate a regional role that exists only in imagination. Algeria's problem is that its regime thinks oil and gas revenues empower it to expand a regional role for a country that is underdeveloped in all areas and cannot secure the demands of its people. At the top of these demands is setting clear policies that raise the level of education, reduce random population growth, and at the same time seek to employ the resources of the government in development and creating job oolaportunities for young people instead of indirectly encouraging them to take up religious extremism. The international envoy Christopher Ross, who had previously worked as a diplomat in Morocco then as an ambassador of the US to Algeria, defines the Sahara issue as one that has nothing to do with the region, but as a problem between Algeria and Morocco. Algeria, instead of solving its internal problems, targets Morocco instead. It is a futile policy resembling that of the Syrian regime which is now getting what it deserves as a result of fighting its own people. There are two regional powers in north Africa -- Morocco and Algeria. Cooperation between them is mutually beneficial. This is what Morocco is seeking. On the other hand, Algeria considers it a duty to offend Morocco on a daily basis ignoring the fact that its actions will backfire sooner or later. There is a danger of international terrorism coming in from the vast desert. This terrorism threatens Morocco and Algeria at the same time. Algeria, instead of working with Morocco to face this danger, of which is no longer possible for anyone to ignore, encourages it by all possible means…as long as it harms Morocco. This is the paradox! The international envoy, instead of seeking to put an end to such a policy that led to nothing but the establishment of terrorist centre in Mali controlled by al-Qaeda, has encouraged moves to block any resolution in the Western Sahara that would benefit Morocco, Algeria and international efforts that aim at fighting al-Qaeda terrorism. There is a draft solution proposed by Morocco. It is the only available solution. He who rejects this solution serves terrorism. It is obvious that Algeria is unable to benefit from the experiences of the near past, including its experience with religious extremism that was about to destroy the country, but the country faced it with clear support from Morocco. Is there anyone in Algeria who wants to forget that Morocco was the first to stand by them during the events of the autumn of 1988 against a regime led by Chadli Bendjedid? It's definite that there are some in Algeria who want to ignore that. A French proverb says: “There are great favours that cannot be reciprocated except by ingratitude”. This proverb applies to the actions of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who cares about nothing but impersonating Houari Boumediene, as he is one of those who knew Boumediene closely, and has particularly known his points of weakness and personal issues, most prominently the Moroccan complex. Morocco has taken a clear decision that “enough means enough”, and that it is time for the international community represented by the envoy of the secretary-general of United Nations to leave behind the Western Sahara issue, which is an Algerian complex that Sahrawis have nothing to do with. There is a way to find a solution for the Western Sahara. What efforts should be focused on is the problem of terrorism in the region, instead of the fall of the United Nations into the Algerian complex. This is what Christopher Ross is supposed to understand before anyone else. He who gets obsessed by the Algerians' issue towards the Western Sahara and Morocco participates in one way or another in encouraging terrorism at the regional level. Who can ensure that there is no relation between the Polisario Front and the terrorist networks in the region, particularly in Mali? -- The views expressed by the author do not represent or reflect the editorial policy of Arabstoday.