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Our ‘Dear Friend’ Deby Is Dead Yea, About That…
A Peek Behind Chad’s Curtain and President Deby’s Death Shroudby Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) Posted on
The tributes to the late President Idriss Deby just poured in last week – especially from Western leaders. And boy were the condolences nauseating – at least to anyone vaguely familiar with Chad and its longtime strongman, or those even faintly fond of decency. The worst of it came – unsurprisingly and unapologetically – from the country’s former (officially) and persistent (de facto) colonial masters in Paris. Coming right on the heels of Deby’s – still hazy