France has kept the Chadian dictator Idriss Déby in place to safeguard its interests there.
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This argument is a justification of NATO's "democracies" have no problem with dictatorships that serve their interests..Keywords: none
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“As long as the clique chosen by the Élysée Palace is in power, and French bourgeois business flourishes, the French state accommodates the worst dictatorships. Such was the case with Idriss Déby, who ruled Chad with an iron fist for thirty years. He kept his people in misery and stifled all dissent with blood, but he was a friend and ally of France, useful in preserving French influence in the region and containing terrorist gangs. When he died in April 2021, Macron attended his funeral and paid him a heartfelt tribute on the theme: France loses a courageous friend.”
Nathalie Arthaud, Communist, revolutionary, internationalist!, The right characters, 2022.
