“As Algerians, we do not have the right to play the dismemberment of Morocco, it is not our business. Morocco has historical depth, in fact most Moroccan dynasties come from Saguia El Hamra. Morocco’s policy has always been in the Sahara. The policy of all Moroccan powers has always been in the Sahara. The problem of the Moroccan Sahara is not the problem of Hassan II only, it is the problem of a people, of history”.
These words, spoken by Ahmed Ben Bella in 1985 during a press conference alongside Hussein Ait Ahmed, resonate today as a premonitory denunciation of the drift of the Algiers regime. First president of independent Algeria and key player in the revolution, Ben Bella had a lucid and historical vision of North African relations, far from the warlike strategies that would follow.
Historical depth of Morocco and the national question
« As Algerians, we do not have the right to play the dismemberment of Morocco, it is not our business “. This sentence from Ben Bella resonates as a warning against interference in the affairs of its Moroccan neighbor, highlighting the absurdity of the hegemonic ambitions which marked official Algeria decades later.
« Morocco has historical depth, in fact most Moroccan dynasties come from Saguia El Hamra. Morocco’s policy has always been in the Sahara “. With these words, Ben Bella recognized the historical legitimacy of Moroccan demands, contrasting with the current discourse of the regime of senile capos of Algiers, locked in anachronistic and manipulative rhetoric.
The former president’s statement was not a simple indictment against Algiers’ blind interventionism, but a reminder that Maghreb unity, supposedly defended by the regime, was being scuttled by destructive maneuvers. For decades, the Algerian regime has fueled a costly conflict, draining the nation’s resources and sowing discord among the Algerian people, all for a political pipe dream.
« The problem of the Moroccan Sahara is not the problem of Hassan II only, it is the problem of a people, of history “. This statement underlines that the Sahara issue transcends regimes and personalities to anchor itself in the collective consciousness of Morocco. However, the Algiers regime continues to deny this reality, preferring to cultivate a sterile and costly antagonism.
Ahmed Ben Bella, aware of Morocco’s deep roots in the region, had no interest in denigrating historical realities for the benefit of artificial nationalism. Conversely, the apparatus of today’s senile fascists seems to cling to an obsolete discourse, claiming to defend rights and freedoms while ignoring the price paid by the Algerians themselves: an anemic economy, a people disillusioned and a weakened international position.
The drift of a diet without vision
This contrast between the far-sighted vision of Ben Bella and the stubbornness of the seniles on the balcony of the Muppets show made in Algeria is striking. In 1985, he had already warned against a policy guided by vanity and gratuitous hostility. Today, the results of this obstinacy are clear: billions of dollars spent in vain, a diplomacy which accumulates defeats and an Algerian people who demand other priorities.
Ahmed Ben Bella’s words resonate today as a poignant criticism of the choices of the Algiers capos regime. History, instead of being respected, has become a propaganda tool. The truth, which Ben Bella had dared to recall, is that the question of the Moroccan Sahara is not a simple question of territory, but an unshakable link between a people and its history. The poorly named regime, by keeping alive the flame of a conflict with no outcome, preferred to betray this North African spirit that it claimed to defend.
Far from stopping at the Saharan question, the belligerent approach of the capos of Algiers was part of a logic of national one-upmanship. Every speech made, every diplomatic maneuver reflects the fear of internal questioning. To hide recurring economic and political failures, the regime prefers to lock itself in aggressive rhetoric, diverting attention from the real issues: unemployment, brain drain and a civil society that is running out of steam under the weight of silent repression. .
Beyond the borders, the Algerian regime has seen its alliances disintegrate, its attempts at influence failing in the face of a more assertive Moroccan diplomacy anchored in a constructive approach. This contrast only highlights the obsolescence of the stratagems inherited from the years of lead, while the world moves forward and the Algerian people aspire to a future in which empty speeches give way to just solutions.
While contemporary Algeria, led by a restricted circle of influential generals and a designated president who struggles to impose himself other than through empty speeches, persists in fueling discord in the Sahara, Ben Bella’s words offer a striking contrast. For him, the Sahara was not a regional power game, but an issue intrinsically linked to Moroccan history and reality.
The former president’s statement was not a simple indictment against Algiers’ blind interventionism, but a reminder that Maghreb unity, supposedly defended by the regime, was being scuttled by destructive maneuvers. For decades, the fascist capo regime of Algiers fueled a costly conflict, draining the resources of the Algerian nation and sowing discord within the Algerian people. All this for a political chimera.
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