GUS: THE RIF WAR WAS A COLONIALIST'S WAR (1921-1926) BETWEEN THE SPANISH (HELPED BY THE FRENCH FROM 1924 — WHO ELSE?) AND THE MOROCCAN LOCALS... BUT THE MOROCCANS WERE TRIBAL AND SOMEWHAT DIVIDED... HISTORY SEEMS TO FAIL RECORDING THIS DIVISION WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO THE REAL DEMISE OF THE TRIBES VERSUS THE COLONIALISTS... HERE ONE NEEDS TO READ SAINT EXUPERY TO UNDERSTAND THESE DIVISIONS, in Terre des Hommes (Wind, Sand and Stars):
If you want to convince someone who does not refuse war of the horror of war, do not treat him as a barbarian: try to understand him before judging him.