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ZAK ETTAMYMY
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Dear Mr. Frank R. Wolf,
 I represent a Think tank that promotes the Moroccan interests in the US, I am deeply saddened by you hostile position against Morocco, the first country to recognize this great nation, a country who fought shoulder to should with the Americans against tyrants in the world, a country who sided with the US in the cold war and mainly a country who values America and considers it an old friend.
You ought to change your position regarding the future of this country which lays on the foundation of recovery of its land, I ponder about your position regarding the South Ossetia and Abkhazia, I hope that you support the American position which calls for the respect of the integrity of Georgia, I hope that you will apply the same values on the oldest American friend, Morocco. because preserving the territorial integrity of a nation is the most strategic issue that faces it especial nations of the size of Morocco and Georgia.
Mr. Congressman, do you know that 35,000 Moroccan soldiers died defending the American values in Europe? do you know that thousands of young men from Morocco went to war against the Nazi Germany and the Italians in WWII when General Patton called upon them to help America take on the strongest army in that time? do you know that they went to war against the will of their occupier France during the Vichy era?
I truly believe that you have more reasons to be for the Moroccan cause than to be against it, the Polisario was created and financed by the former USSR's cold war strategy and allies to get back at the US for siding with the Afghans in the 1970s Russian occupation of that country among other regional reasons, Morocco paid dearly for being a strong ally of the west but never wavered and never changed position, the war on terror, the first gulf war, the first country to open direct negotiations with the Israelis for the Palestinians and the Israelis to finally sit and talk about a peaceful solution to their conflict, Morocco went to WWII and had nothing to win other than to give a hand to an old friend, Morocco helped the US in its first years by refusing to recognize the division of the South and North during the American civil war, Morocco buys American arms and passenger planes to keep its strategic alliance with the US alive and lucrative, Morocco
holds a free trade agreement with the US, Morocco is a major non NATO ally, Morocco helped the US against the piracy in the 19 century and Morocco recognized the US against the will of England in the first days of the creation of this great country.
Do you think it is time to support this old friend?
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