Yeah it's going to happen anyways, but people, especially certain classes of moron who happen to be influential in certain countries, put a lot of stock in acting according to international norms. People inherently accept that there's a de facto reality and deal with it accordingly, but the entire post-WWII global order is about pretending that we abide by high brow concepts like human rights and self-determination. If we openly defy these positions rather than paying lip service to them, it just adds fuel to enemy propaganda that we are unilateralists without any consideration of international norms. As a move, it creates greater distrust of the US and our intentions, especially when we for all intents and purposes already recognize the Moroccan occupation.
The soys and deathfats are useless, but the Jamals and Juans are excellent cannon fodder against your Darryls and Cletuses.