Chirac wages illegal war in Ivory Coast!

So in the African nation of Ivory Coast, the locals decide to bomb some French folks and unfortunately, an American too. In retaliation, French President Jacque Chirac orders the bombing of the military aircraft belonging to the Ivory Coast nation.

Sounds like an illegal war to me. A quagmire. Another Vietnam.

Funny, I wonder if Chirac got approval from Germany, from the UN, from the whining liberal Left worldwide? I think not.