U.S. Congress Supports Moroccan Plan

Morocco and Algeria have been at loggerheads over Western Sahara for decades now. Algerian supported rebels in the Polisario movement are regarded as completely evil by most Moroccans, who don't understand why the Western world is tricked into viewing them as your typical run-of-the-mill separatist movement.

Last week, a number of United States Senators have asked Hillary Clinton to support Morocco's limited autonomy plan for Western Sahara in a significant diplomatic victory for Morocco.

Nevertheless, such explicit letter of approval coming from the major foreign policy decision makers in Washington is a notable win for the Moroccan diplomacy and a significant defeat to the Algerians. The Algerian government has been the chief sponsor of the Polisario separatist movement that has been fighting the Moroccans over for the control the Western Sahara. Algeria has made the Polisario and its row with Morocco as the corner stone of its foreign policy spending billions of dollars in arming and financing the Polisario.