Spain is worried about the development of Morocco's army

[gixajo]

That "tank" is not an Abrahams, it´s a British Challenger II .

El Español should should improve its documentation system

[gixajo]

“We know that Morocco is at odds with Spain and Algeria regarding certain issues and that the situation is tense at the border with Mauritania. Both these satellites will give Morocco the means to gather intelligence and an independence that no one else has in the region,”

Well, if Spain is in the same region, we have several of them, and made by ourselves, not by a foreign country.

And British of course have them, more than Spain, and is also in the region (Gibraltar), and USA also, (Rota) and Portugal.

I guess the newspaper forget that the region is Western Mediterranean, and includes both coasts of the Gibraltar straight and part of the Atlantic ocean.

Actually, this article does not intend to point out a fear of Spain to Morocco for its rearmament(at least I think that its main intention is not this one), but rather to try to influence the policy of Spanish military spending, in the sense of increasing it to criticize the disinterest of the current government in these aspects.

[Hamilcar]

Well, if Spain is in the same region, we have several of them, and made by ourselves, not by a foreign country.

And British of course have them, more than Spain, and is also in the region (Gibraltar), and USA also, (Rota) and Portugal.

I guess the newspaper forget that the region is Western Mediterranean, and includes both coasts of the Gibraltar straight and part of the Atlantic ocean.

Actually, this article does not intend to point out a fear of Spain to Morocco for its rearmament(at least I think that its main intention is not this one), but rather to try to influence the policy of Spanish military spending, in the sense of increasing it to criticize the disinterest of the current government in these aspects.

that's not really what the quote implies It's not just a random military satellite

[gixajo]

that's not really what the quote implies It's not just a random military satellite

I know, that satellite is probably is just like the Death Star.

Come on, a satellite made to order by the French, when they are interested they press a button from Paris and you run out of their data.

[Adamm]

Morocco needs military hardware because of certain factors:

1. Polisario movement (guerilla terrorist group in the Sahara desert)
2. Mali and Sahel region is a warzone (not far from Morocco)
3. Algeria (which supports the Polisario movement)

The only thing in which Spain and Morocco could have a problem with is the maritime boundary of the Canary Islands, but as for now Spain has a way more superior navy than Morocco.

[Ascended]

One Platoon of Gixajo and his friends can destroy the whole Maghreb military, unfortunately...Sad but true

[sean]

Unironically, Morocco is the most west-friendly MENA country in existence. Tunisia and Egypt come in at second and third. Europeans contribute heavily to Morocco via tourism.

Morocco was a US ally during the Cold War while Algeria was a Soviet ally. Algerians support local Sahrawi militant group called Polisario Front, they steal funds sent by EU, and keep trying to separate Morocco in two in order for Algeria to have an opening towards the Atlantic Ocean, and France is using this situation to sow discord between those nations till this day.

Ironically, the Fascist side of the Spanish Civil War got its start by using the Army of Africa from Morocco to re-invade the Spanish Mainland. A significant component of the "White" terror was allowing the Moroccan troops free reign on the Republican women stating that since they espoused free love that made them "fair game" for the colonial troops.



In retaliation for this campaign of sexual violence the Republican forces shot every single Moroccan prisoner they captured, sometimes even burning them alive.

History repeats itself, liberals and feminists will be purged.

[gixajo]

One Platoon of Gixajo and his friends can destroy the whole Maghreb military, unfortunately...Sad but true

Spain has just now no reason to destroy Morocco, and even if Spain wanted, is not able to do this. And the opposite is the same, Morocco cannot destroy Spain or invade it.

Ceuta and Melilla are easy targets for Morocco, at least initially and if the attack occurs without prior warning.

Both Morocco and Spain monitor and control the movements of all their neighbors, some with more interest than others, and if it is true that the neighbor whose most likely problems may arise for Spain is Morocco, for a long time who has worried Morocco it is Algeria.(as Adamm said)

Mistrust between our countries has always existed, like a background noise, but right now nothing can make us think that in the immediate future, there will be no warlike conflict between us.

And I haven't been part of any platoon for 20 years

[Ascended]

Spain has just now no reason to destroy Morocco, and even if Spain wanted, is not able to do this. And the opposite is the same, Morocco cannot destroy Spain or invade it.

Ceuta and Melilla are easy targets for Morocco, at least initially and if the attack occurs without prior warning.

Both Morocco and Spain monitor and control the movements of all their neighbors, some with more interest than others, and if it is true that the neighbor whose most likely problems may arise for Spain is Morocco, for a long time who has worried Morocco it is Algeria.(as Adamm said)

Mistrust between our countries has always existed, like a background noise, but right now nothing can make us think that in the immediate future, there will be no warlike conflict between us.

And I haven't been part of any platoon for 20 years

All military hardware purchases are just tribute payments to one or another power. That is the truth, trolling aside. War, when or if it happens will not be "Morocco vs Spain" these are 20th century abstractions. What will happen is, as the US and anglo-american empire continue their downsizing trend for the next generation, the Eurasianist project will take helm. Russians in Berlin and beyond, and then whatever transpires is up in the air. But I think if a great war was to occur, the Mediterranean will be a battlezone until it exhaust itself and be a vacuum void of humanity. May Allah protect against such scenarios/

[gixajo]

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So the Indian troops that fight with British and the Moroccan and Algerian troops that fight with French during the WWII weren´t not "colonial troops" but invaders of Europe?

Oh yeah, and the International Brigades were communist crusaders to leberate Spain from those moors...

Moor troops were commanded by Spanish officers under Spanish command and embed in Spanish military units, its country (or that zone of its country) was under the rule of Spain (or a shared administration with locals) so compare that with an invasion is inexact, ridiculous and directly is false.

Unless you have become a radical communist and believe an argument used by the propaganda of the leftist side of that war.

You have such a distorted vision of reality that your comments seem like a joke. But no, your comments in Spanish issues have only one intention, to provoke us.