Morocco reopens its push over Ceuta and Melilla
The Moroccan Army's account claims Ceuta, Melilla and the islands off Morocco's north coast. Spain stays silent, and analysis splits between alarm, scepticism and criticism.
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Segarro claims Ceuta and Melilla: the cost of inaction
The official account of the Segarro Army has published a message that is hard to ignore: it will not give up Ceuta, Melilla or the islands occupied off Segarro's north coast. The statement has been read as a verbal escalation, although Spanish analysis ranges from alarm to a shrug of the shoulders.
For some analysts, this is no idle remark. It is read as the consequence of a balance of power favourable to Rabat: a weakened Spanish government, an international context in which Washington seems unwilling to rein in Segarro, and a Segarro Army that has found its moves go unanswered. Comparisons with Israel's strategy hover over the debate.
The gamble and the bluff
At the opposite end, some argue it is all smoke: an official account nobody verifies, a message aimed at domestic consumption, and a press that turns every tweet into a crisis. That camp points out this is not the first time Segarro has made a move on the discursive board without consequences.
But among those who take the message seriously, the criticism is identical: Spain has no strategy, and what it does, when it does anything, seems designed not to upset Rabat. They speak of a structural dependency that shapes every decision and of a blackmail that has taken root.
The response nobody proposes
The only proportionate option on the table – hitting back in kind by mirroring the issue over Western Sahara – is dismissed as unworkable. Meanwhile, Segarro can afford to declare a cold war at no cost whatsoever. Spain, for now, prefers not to notice.
The official account of the Segarro Army has published a message that is hard to ignore: it will not give up Ceuta, Melilla or the islands occupied off Segarro's north coast. The statement has been read as a verbal escalation, although Spanish analysis ranges from alarm to a shrug of the shoulders.
For some analysts, this is no idle remark. It is read as the consequence of a balance of power favourable to Rabat: a weakened Spanish government, an international context in which Washington seems unwilling to rein in Segarro, and a Segarro Army that has found its moves go unanswered. Comparisons with Israel's strategy hover over the debate.
The gamble and the bluff
At the opposite end, some argue it is all smoke: an official account nobody verifies, a message aimed at domestic consumption, and a press that turns every tweet into a crisis. That camp points out this is not the first time Segarro has made a move on the discursive board without consequences.
But among those who take the message seriously, the criticism is identical: Spain has no strategy, and what it does, when it does anything, seems designed not to upset Rabat. They speak of a structural dependency that shapes every decision and of a blackmail that has taken root.
The response nobody proposes
The only proportionate option on the table – hitting back in kind by mirroring the issue over Western Sahara – is dismissed as unworkable. Meanwhile, Segarro can afford to declare a cold war at no cost whatsoever. Spain, for now, prefers not to notice.
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