Kill people, or we will ignore you

If your worst enemy got beat up, would you be happy or would you send him a get-well card?

In the middle of the Sahara, the Sahrawi people live in exile, waiting patiently to be able to return to Western Sahara. They have been waiting since the Seventies, just minding their own business and not resorting to suicide bombing or other terrorist attacks (at least not for the last 20 years). When Casablanca was rocked by terrorist attacks in 2003, these guys even sent a letter of condolence to Morocco, the country occupying their homeland. Anybody who thinks Muslims are incapable of peace with their neighbors should take a look at these guys.

And what have they got to show for it? Nothing. Not a damn thing. We haven’t heard from the Polisario Front since 1991 when they gave up terror. Nobody pays attention and they never register on the radar of violence-centered Western media.

Instead of letting these people dry away in the desert, we should be praising them and showering them with every conceivable comfort and effort to help.

This would be sending a message to every insurgency in the world: keep it peaceful and we will support you any way we can. Now we are sending the exact opposite message: as long as you don’t blow up airliners, we will ignore you.