November 13, 2004

No Blood for Ivory Update--Ivory Coast to Sue France in Hague

Look, all these anti-France posts of late have a point. The point is not that France should not have invaded the Ivory Coast without UN approval. The point is that when the Left talks about the invasion of Iraq being illegal, they are being hypocrites. The fact is that the Left, just like the Right, doesn't care one iota about the UN when their causes are being pursued. It just so happens that the Left's cause celebre is always anti-Americanism. Via Jeff Quinton this news:

Ivory Coast is to file suit with the International Court of Justice against the French military which it accuses of killing some 60 Ivorians when it allegedly cracked down on anti-French riots in Abidjan.

"Ivory Coast will go to the International Court of Justice to seek measures to protect its territory and people," Ivorian Human Rights Minister Victorine Wodie said in a statement read out late on Friday on television..

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 12:26 PM | |