Jim Inhofe: “I spoke about the situation in Cote d'Ivoire just last Friday and pointed out that the person responsible for the chaos…”

“I spoke about the situation in Cote d'Ivoire just last Friday and pointed out that the person responsible for the chaos and killing--a rebel named Alassane Ouattara--met last Friday with President Obama in our Nation's White House. I said then and say now again that this was an unwise and grossly misguided decision by Obama. It is in fact an outrage that our President would welcome, with open arms, a potential war criminal who is responsible for the death of at least 3,000 people and displacement of half a million refugees in the African country of Cote d'Ivoire. Ouattara is an illegitimate usurper who has scandalized Cote d'Ivoire's electoral system, and unlawfully ousted the democratically elected incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo. Now the Associated Press reports just yesterday that the violence in Cote d'Ivoire remains uncontrolled. The title of the AP story says is all.…”