MARK STEYN DECODES FRENCH DIPLOMACY.

UPDATE: Vaara emails to point out the following:

Hi Glenn,

I just thought I’d mention that on Tuesday evening, the U.N. Security Council *unanimously* passed Resolution 1464, which authorizes the existing deployment of French and African troops in Ivory Coast.

He’s right (he? I guess). I’d missed that development. Here’s a story on the subject, from VOA.

This seems to me to suggest that the French have hit upon a wonderful strategy — invade first, ask permission later. I think that it’s one you might see employed again in the near future. . . .