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[–] larrikin99@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Does Spanish possession of these territories threaten Africa or lead to exploitation of natural resources? They each have very small garrisons and arent protected by NATO. Since they've been European for longer than istanbul has been Turkish, I don't know what the justification Morocco has is.

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

militarized settler outposts in africa isnt like a good thing either

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[–] larrikin99@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If it was a civilian city with families of both religions going back generations and only maintained a garrison of 200 police and and soldiers, and was recognized by treaty with Morocco as Spanish would it still have to be returned to Morocco because it's on the wrong continent?

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[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

a civilian city with a giant ass wall that if you were born feet outside of it you could be shot and stacked up with other dead bodies for trying to go inside of it.

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[–] diamath@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

What the fuck I didn't even know about that what the fuck

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

im not denying the nuance of the issue. im just highlighting the fact that its a very real walled border between the EU and Morocco/North Africa and a legacy of Spanish colonialism. There are contradictions here.

but what irks me most is that I feel like a lot of people are jumping on the issue on spain's side and making it is as if it is an anti-zionist/anti-US bulwark in the EU. making the issue all about israel, while there is an important component of Spain/EU v Algeria v Morocco geopolitical maneuvering related to energy/gas.