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Morocco has received nearly three times more armored vehicles from the United States than allocated to Ukraine (www.voiceofeurope.com)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah they're a colonial occupying power. Ukraine is just trying to resist one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Morocco? Or do you mean the US?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Morocco, it runs Africa's last colony, with all the brutality that implies.

The US brokered a deal under the Trump administration where Morocco would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for the US "recognizing their sovereignty" over neighbouring Western Sahara, a mineral rich region.

Morocco Agrees to Normalize Ties With Israel in Exchange for U.S. Recognition of Western Sahara Sovereignty.

Background: Western Sahara: the six-decade struggle to liberate Africa’s last colony.