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Media bias / fact check for Voice of Europe;
Sure sounds like a source I want to line the litterbox with.
As far as I can tell they just translated a Defence Arabia article and cross-referenced it with publicly available information on US deliveries to Ukraine. In another comment, I cited the original article (in Arabic) that they appear to draw from.
I don't care. I'm tired of people submitting bullshit sources and then coming up with a reason as to why it's okay to listen to them just this one time. It drives attention and revenue to those sources, encourages their bad behavior, and normalizes the source as 'sometimes okay' in people's minds, eventually leading people to be less critical and and more susceptible to the bullshit the source wants to spread. Which is EXACTLY how propaganda outlets work.
How about we engage with the content? They didn't make up the numbers, so why is Morocco getting more tanks than Ukraine and why do they need so many?
For doing stuff like this: Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara — A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony as Ceasefire Ends.
Thank you
Obviously because Morocco makes sure Western Sahara stays a colony deprived of rights, so the West keeps getting those natural resources for cheap.
The comment you're responding to explicitly stated why they don't want to engage with this content. To try answering your question though, I'm going to guess it's because Morocco has been buying US arms for a lot longer than Ukraine has. In the title, "has received" is incredibly misleading, it makes it seem like the US is giving tanks to Morocco, but they're buying them.
I don't care how they feel about the source. I think we're all grown-ups here and are capable of seeing through any propaganda the source may have added to the facts. I'm here to discuss the factual content of the article, which is rather interesting. I haven't been following the drama of northwestern Africa's territorial disputes.
Don't guess, because you're just wrong. 1st sentence. "The received tanks were immediately deployed to the southern part of the country, specifically to the disputed Western Sahara region." Some other commentors added more relevant info, so nice of them.
"has received" is indeed misleading, if you're in high school. No one receives weapons for free, not even Ukraine or Israel. Obviously Morocco paid for them.
Who knows, maybe a better source would have provided some much needed information.
First sentence says where they deployed them, dingus.
Oh so you knew why Morocco needed so many, yet you asked?
Nah I asked first and looked later. I was so overcome by the need to pop someone's little righteous justice boner I couldn't help but comment first.
So that Morocco can enforce itself as the Israel of Western Sahara.