WI: The Rif Republic Survives?

ninebucks

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What if the short-lived Rif Republic were to survive to the present day?

What would stop France and Spain crushing this republic? Could this republic eventually consolidate control over all Morocco?
 
Was there a particular battle or campaign where the Spanish and/or French destroyed it?

If so, could we find a POD where the colonial powers could lose? Perhaps a sentry happens to be at a different place or something.

EDIT: Perhaps the Republic destroys the Spanish enclaves before turning on the French and then makes some kind of advantageous peace with them? This way, the joint task force isn't put together--given the size of that army, there's no way the Republic could defeat it.
 
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