Does Morocco have right to claim West Sah

Status - Quo will continue untill they become powerfull enought to demand or find a Godfather country that backs them.

The great tragic for the people of Western Sahara is, that while their plight is in every respect as desperate as that of the Palestinians refuges, if they would only get 1% of the attention and support the Palestinians get, the Sahrawians would have returned to their homeland and gained independence decades ago.

Originally posted by Leonidas i can only offer my personal opnion, have a free and fair election (that only inculdes the tribes) that live there. My sympathies go the polisaro though there is neighbourhood  politics behind the whole thing, as is always the case

Election are not the answer. The problem with elections is that if you start conducting them at the drop of a hat, their would be a thousand countries instead of the present close to 200. & all would keep on fighting with each other none of them able to do anything else or manage themselves. It would be total chaos.

Imagine the case - Would'nt the french want their own separate canada.
The hispanics would want a semi hispanic US, The africans would assert themselves in the south, mecedonians would want to separate from greece.

UK will be split into england, wales, northers ireland & scotland, the basques would separate. the case of bigger countries like china, india would be unimaginable...

Originally posted by flyingzone   1. We are not "French". We are Qu�b�cois. Just because we speak French doesn't mean we are French. Haitians, Belgians, Swiss, they all speak French but they are not French.

belgians doesnt speak french, south belgium wich they call it there as "Wallon" does only speak french. Belgium is trilangual country so 3 official languages are spoken there wich are; Dutch, french and German (from the part they took from Germany after WWII).

Originally posted by Vivek Sharma Originally posted by Leonidas i can only offer my personal opnion, have a free and fair election (that only inculdes the tribes) that live there. My sympathies go the polisaro though there is neighbourhood  politics behind the whole thing, as is always the case Election are not the answer. The problem with elections is that if you start conducting them at the drop of a hat, their would be a thousand countries instead of the present close to 200. & all would keep on fighting with each other none of them able to do anything else or manage themselves. It would be total chaos. Imagine the case - Would'nt the french want their own separate canada. The hispanics would want a semi hispanic US, The africans would assert themselves in the south, mecedonians would want to separate from greece.

bad examples Vivek, your talking about countries already united. west sahara is a territory that is not a part of morrocco. So an example i prefer to use would be like when all the states of Australia volunteering to become federated into one country, this was done out of choice. West sahara must choose to be a part of morrocco first before it is incorperated otherwise you have a situation of invasion and take over.

Also the quebecs voted and chose not to be independant (by a slim margin if i remember and not that long ago), the fact they have the right is important and commendable.

While im totally comfortable for macedonian greece to go to the vote as much as i beleive kashmir, tibetan, uigher, scots, basque, baluchi's... almost any group deserve the same right. If people dont want to be a part of a country they should be forced or take up arms. Such rights can prevent conflicts rather than create them.

Originally posted by Vivek Sharma UK will be split into england, wales, northers ireland & scotland, the basques would separate. the case of bigger countries like china, india would be unimaginable...

imagine the seccesion of montenegro from serbia, (or the break up of yugoslavia), the czeks splitting with the slovaks, timor spliting from indonesia.. the break up of the USSR

anyway: fundamental rights of democray -  freedom of association.