Madam, - In highlighting France's opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq and condemning, in the strongest personal terms, President Jacques Chirac, Kevin Myers claims (An Irishman's Diary, May 2nd) that the lesson is clear: the UN is no longer the sole authoriser of force and that from now on states will pursue their own self-interests.
How true. To which we can now all raise our glasses with the finest French claret and say, "Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Bush." - Yours, etc.,
MICHAEL CULLEN,
Albert Park,
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Sandycove,
Co Dublin.