The biggest danger to American tourists in Morocco, is not terror attacks, but reckless and dangerous Moroccan drivers

Few days ago, while having breakfast at a café on the Corniche in Tangier, looking to Spain in the not far distance, I read a short story in one of the Moroccan newspapers, announcing that on the suggestions of authorities in the US, American tour operators are planning to assign security officers to groups traveling to Morocco. With the conclusion that American tourists traveling to Morocco need American security officers to protect them against terror attacks. Not so sure what kind of weapons they will carry!
This very short story prompted me to write this posting raising questions about the basis for such decisions. To me it seems the decision is made along the same line as that of George Bush and his weapons of mass destructions in Iraq.
These days, it seems that war on terror has taking a life of itself, creating a business, unlike any other business, where so called “security” experts, first scare the hell out of people, then tries to play on the fear of citizens and try to raise that fear in order to fill the need that arise out of such fear. Like the Chaney-Bush, they try to scare the hell out of people, and once they feel the people are scared, they try to increase the degree of fear, and then they come up with nothing but mumpo-jumop slogan and offers of security for the people, wasting hundreds of billions on the war on terror.
This business of security from terror is nothing more than a racket, a business, perpetuated by the Chaney-Bush administrations for the benefits of their friends and of course every Tom, Dick and Harry, not to mention, Shlomo, Avi, and Natan. Even lovers of certain governor where hired as “security and terror experts”.
The disturbing thing about this story is that the false needs for such security and terror experts to accompany tourists traveling in Morocco. I have been traveling to Morocco for over 20 years and I travel to the country almost every month and I travel by car, alone all over Morocco and all I can say, the country is much safer than New Orleans, Washington DC, not to mention Chicago, Detroit and Miami.
Few years back a number of British and German tourists where attacked and killed while on their way from Miami International Airport to Miami and North Miami. No one in the state of Florida and in Miami decided to arrange for armed security officers to accompany these tourists. It seems that the idea of arranging for security details to accompany American tourists traveling within Morocco is much more than a simple security concerns for the lives of American tourists. It has every thing to do with a political and self serving reason to show Americans traveling in Morocco instilling fear and of course telling they have every reason to be concerned and they should fear terror attacks and of course with raising the fears, comes the offer to fill the gab, and of course, finding jobs to the many retired police and military personal. American tourists are more safe in Morocco than back at home and there are no real or imagined reasons for allowing such security details to accompany these tourists. Of course the biggest danger to American tourists not terror, but dangerous and reckless Moroccan drivers who are danger to themselves and danger to the people at large. More tourists’ die from reckless drivers than from terror attack. Some 13 years ago, some Algerians terrorist shot and killed few Spanish tourists in Marrakech and in 2002 some home grown Moroccan terrorists killed a score of Moroccans. I was here in May when this terrorist’s attack took place and I was out on the streets watching as hundreds of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets to denounce these terrorists and their supporters. One has to give due credit to the Moroccan security organizations that were able to seek and arrest members of these terrorist organization. Morocco may have some problems, but terror toward American tourists is not one of them. It is so unfortunate for Morocco and especially to American tourists that the Chaney-Bush administration continues to promote fear for self-serving certain political and ideological reasons. Americans are by and large some of the most decent tourists, very good and humble attitude, curious, generous, and very caring. I think the people in Morocco have a much understanding of world politics and worldview than the experts’ sittings in the White House. Drop the idea it is a stupid idea.