Jacques Chirac, French president, on Friday ended the fragile truce at the European Union summit in Brussels with a strong attack on the "illegal" US-British attack on Iraq.
Illegal? What law was that again? The United Nations isn't a lawmaking body, but a place for mutual understanding and negotiations. You'd think that every U.S. military operation was approved by the U.N. when this was only the second time we have asked for their counsel.
"France will not accept a resolution that would legitimise military intervention and give the US and British the powers of administration in Iraq," he said.
Blair is going to face a lot of pressure to go through the U.N. but if Chirac keeps this up, he will be off the hook.
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