Maghreb realpolitik

I found an awfully depressing article on Slate about the political chances for Western Saharan independence. The article confirms what I've thought for a while: there's little argument about the who's right in the Western Sahara debate. It's hard to find anyone whose salary isn't paid by Morocco who will say that, legally or morally, the Western Sahara should be occupied by Morocco.

But righteousness won't make Morocco fulfill its promises to hold fair elections. The article is mainly a bummer because the writer, Carne Ross, doesn't even suggest the Sahrawis will have self-determination any time soon.

Let's prove Slate wrong. I think Western Sahara achieve independence in my lifetime, and every email or letter we send to Congress or Aziz Mekouar makes self-determination more real.