No Ally Left Unpunished -- Morocco Deserves Better | The National Interest

Morocco Deserves Better | The National Interest:
"Morocco is one of America’s longest-standing allies. Ruled by a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed who therefore has no need to prove his Islamic credentials, it is a bastion of moderation—religious, social and political—in an otherwise turbulent region. The king promulgated a constitution in 2011 that allowed Islamists to play a role in the country’s governance, yet, at the same time, protects the status of religious and ethnic minorities, notably Christians and Jews, in a way that virtually no other Arab state does today. Indeed, the strongly royalist daily paper, Le Matin, lists the Jewish, Berber and secular dates on its masthead, in addition to the Muslim day of the week. The Constitution also for the first time recognizes Amazigh, the language of ethnic Berbers, who comprise a significant minority of Morocco’s population. At the same time, there is much more mutual tolerance within the majority of the Muslim community—it is not unusual to see women wearing hejab walking hand-in-hand with women whose heads are completely uncovered." 

So, it is no surprise that Obama is now pissing on Morocco. 'via Blog this'