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U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.
“I think they asked for our withdrawal because they were not willing to satisfy the concerns that we had. We had concerns about the lack of movement on announcing a transition to democratic rule, and we had some concerns about the external partners that they were seeking to work with,” a U.S.
The letter from Idriss did not say all American forces would be required to leave Chad, but it singled out the strategically vital Special Operations Task Force stationed at a former French base.“current and former U.S. officials” who speculated the letter could be “a negotiating tactic by some members of the military and government to pressure Washington into a more favorable” Status of Forces Agreement. Some of those observers still think the exit of U.S.
It is possible that Chad wants leverage against the U.S. to secure Deby in power, or at least wants Washington to remember that the axis of tyranny is waiting to welcome dodgy regimes that do not measure up to American standards of democratic purity. The Pentagon explicitly stated on Thursday that it believes “security cooperation” with Chad “will resume after the May 6 presidential election.
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