The most viral news item Thursday on pretty much every platform – including network news – were videos of tens of thousands of Muslim Moroccans storming across the border of one of Spain’s only African mainland territories.
Ceuta, Spain, is a historically strategic port because it controls the path between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean seas. Its population was about 85,000 people, equally mixed between ethnic Spaniards and North African muslims … until yesterday.
The last time it was conquered by Muslims was about 1200 years ago. Portugal owned it for some time. Then Spain.
Morocco has always considered it occupied territory. Yesterday, about 45,000 military-aged males stormed across the border. Most people would call that an invasion.
The results were and will continue to be catastrophic for local residents.
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