Western Sahara - Africa's Last Colony

[odanny]

This is really an interesting video about how the worlds major superpowers, largely financed by U.S. weapons and Saudi money, and has turned Western Sahara into an armed camp ruled over by a client state of the West, Morocco.

It goes back to this region being under the control of Franco and Spain, and with his passing, the U.S. and France stepped into the void. All of this to control phosphate deposits, over 75% of the worlds supply is mined here.

 

[braalian]

honestly, it might as well just become part of Morocco. Its too sparsely populated to be a viable independent state.

 

[odanny]

honestly, it might as well just become part of Morocco. Its too sparsely populated to be a viable independent state.

Not true, first off, there are no population requirements to be "viable", also there are hundreds of thousands, maybe over a million, refugees in Algeria, and the country is divided by a wall and landmines. Saudi Arabia is sparesely populated too. as are the UAE, outside of Indians there as laborers.

 

[Yarddog]

This is really an interesting video about how the worlds major superpowers, largely financed by U.S. weapons and Saudi money, and has turned Western Sahara into an armed camp ruled over by a client state of the West, Morocco.

It goes back to this region being under the control of Franco and Spain, and with his passing, the U.S. and France stepped into the void. All of this to control phosphate deposits, over 75% of the worlds supply is mined here.

the entire place has been historically desert, uninhabitable except for around its oasises. You cant grow anything anywhere else and the technology to go deep for water was brought from the outside.

To bad for those people, probably they should get compensation but keep in mind, your video points out they were the "middle men" in over land trade across North Africa.... aka.. those nomads were slave traders.

 

[odanny]

the entire place has been historically desert, uninhabitable except for around its oasises. You cant grow anything anywhere else and the technology to go deep for water was brought from the outside.

To bad for those people, probably they should get compensation but keep in mind, your video points out they were the "middle men" in over land trade across North Africa.... aka.. those nomads were slave traders.

Slavery has a long history, as does war, murder, and occupation, it's happening everywhere and always has. It's happening now. It how this country was created. It's irrelevant to Sahara, it's he who has the world powers supplying you with weapons and overwhelming force, which now includes Israel, is usually who wins.

Still true.

 

[Litwin]

This is really an interesting video about how the worlds major superpowers, largely financed by U.S. weapons and Saudi money, and has turned Western Sahara into an armed camp ruled over by a client state of the West, Morocco.

It goes back to this region being under the control of Franco and Spain, and with his passing, the U.S. and France stepped into the void. All of this to control phosphate deposits, over 75% of the worlds supply is mined here.

the Western Sahara is the worst Morocco´s ever. Why do they still run the Western Sahara , the cold war is over 40 years ago. Morocco´s Afro- Asian imperialism makes no sense

 

[Zebra]

no solution to that problem ...

 

[Anarchy666]

the Western Sahara is the worst Morocco´s ever. Why do they still run the Western Sahara , the cold war is over 40 years ago. Morocco´s Afro- Asian imperialism makes no sense

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Wrong. It makes perfect sense, actually.
Western Sahara was long used as a cudgel against both Morocco AND Algeria by Spain and European powers. Ever since independence, Algeria has been ACTIVELY backing successionist ultranationalists known as the Polisario front and is by FAR the more militarily dangerous power in North Africa.

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Algeria is THE preeminent military threat to the West in Africa, period. Morocco is a paper tiger almost entirely reliant on support from EU and NATO powers. Algeria, likewise, is a military power unto its own more on par with global powers such as Egypt and South Africa - additionally it is almost 100% aligned against the West, unlike Morocco. Algeria actively supports Hezbollah, perhaps the most notorious anti-Western terrorist organization known outside of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Additionally they have close military ties to Russia and China as well.

 

[Litwin]

Wrong. It makes perfect sense, actually.
Western Sahara was long used as a cudgel against both Morocco AND Algeria by Spain and European powers. Ever since independence, Algeria has been ACTIVELY backing successionist ultranationalists known as the Polisario front and is by FAR the more militarily dangerous power in North Africa.

Algeria to spend billions preparing for war

The Algerian government has approved a record $25 billion defense budget for 2026 — the largest in the country’s history — amid growing security concerns across the Sahel region, The Clash Report said. According to the report, the 2026 finance

defence-blog.com

Egypt and Algeria Lead Africa in Military Vehicles Beating Most NATO Nations in Armored Strength

Egypt and Algeria stand as the leading military powers in Africa, particularly when it comes to armored vehicle strength. Both countries have invested heavily in tanks, artillery, and armored personnel carriers in general. Considering this and the investment in their air forces and navies, these...

247wallst.com

https://www.theafricareport.com/383090/why-algeria-is-boycotting-the-us-led-african-lion-military-exercise/

Algeria: How and why the algerian military regime uses jihadist groups against its neighbor Mali – Sahel Intelligence

sahel-intelligence.com

Algeria is THE preeminent military threat to the West in Africa, period. Morocco is a paper tiger almost entirely reliant on support from EU and NATO powers. Algeria, likewise, is a military power unto its own more on par with global powers such as Egypt and South Africa - additionally it is almost 100% aligned against the West, unlike Morocco. Algeria actively supports Hezbollah, perhaps the most notorious anti-Western terrorist organization known outside of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Additionally they have close military ties to Russia and China as well.

Well, I knew it all and agree with most of it. Still, why is the Polisario FAR considered the more militarily dangerous power in North Africa? And what role does Putin’s Moscow empire play in Western Sahara?

 

[Anarchy666]

Well, I knew it all and agree with most of it. Still, why is the Polisario FAR considered the more militarily dangerous power in North Africa?

Because they are backed by Algeria, which is by some metrics the de-facto military superpower on the continent. Only Egypt rivals Algeria in terms of raw military prowess.

 

[GLASNOST]

Western Sahara - Africa's Last Colony​

What about Ceuta, Melilla, Somaliland, and Djibouti?

 

[Anarchy666]

What about Ceuta, Melilla, Somaliland, and Djibouti?

Isn't Djibouti basically just a French military base that controls an entire territory? Lmao

 

[Litwin]

What about Ceuta, Melilla, Somaliland, and Djibouti?

what about Tuva, Sakha, Novgorod Republic, Chechnya, Kalmykiya, Belarusian Smalensk, Pskou, Bransk, Finnish Karelia, Buryatiya, Alania, Cercassia, etc. ? dirty ivan, you are not in position to talk about decolonization

 

[Litwin]

Isn't Djibouti basically just a French military base that controls an entire territory? Lmao

Tuva, Sakha, Novgorod Republic, Chechnya, Kalmykiya, Belarusian Smalensk, Pskou, Bransk, Finnish Karelia, Buryatiya, Alania, Cercassia, etc. can only dream about Djibouti international status ...

 

[Anarchy666]

what about Tuva, Sakha, Novgorod Republic, Chechnya, Kalmykiya, Belarusian Smalensk, Pskou, Bransk, Finnish Karelia, Buryatiya, Alania, Cercassia, etc. ? dirty ivan, you are not in position to talk about decolonization

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There will not be a "decolonization of Russia" in our lifetimes. Western Europe has made moves in that direction historically, but they're about the only ones. China will not leave Tibet. Israel will not leave Palestine. There will be no big hot military-to-military confrontation between NATO and Russia: Russia knows that would be suicide and NATO knows Russia has more nukes than them. Mutually Assured Destruction and all.

The only scenario I could see outside of Ukraine where Russian forces and NATO/European forces exchange fire is via a proxy war between Morocco and Algeria. And also NATO is getting tired of Ukraine.

 

[Litwin]

There will not be a "decolonization of Russia" in our lifetimes.

It has already happened twice in 75 years. Do you remember 1991?

 

[GLASNOST]

Isn't Djibouti basically just a French military base that controls an entire territory? Lmao

Good question.

 

[Anarchy666]

Good question.

Apparently I was thinking of years ago. Now days the top 3 military bases are U.S., Chinese and Japanese, so I was wrong.

 

[GLASNOST]

Apparently I was thinking of years ago. Now days the top 3 military bases are U.S., Chinese and Japanese, so I was wrong.

Well! I learned something new today. Three new things, as a matter of fact.

 

[Deadstick]

This is really an interesting video about how the worlds major superpowers, largely financed by U.S. weapons and Saudi money, and has turned Western Sahara into an armed camp ruled over by a client state of the West, Morocco.

It goes back to this region being under the control of Franco and Spain, and with his passing, the U.S. and France stepped into the void. All of this to control phosphate deposits, over 75% of the worlds supply is mined here.

Their neocolonialism never ends, menwhile Saif Gaddafi wants his Country's stolen gold back.