Five air forces set to attack Libya [US, UK, France, UAE, Qatar]

[wizardwatson]

Council diplomats said that the measures were expected to be pass by a vote of 10 to 0 in the 15-nation council, with five council members -- Brazil, India, China, Germany and Russia -- expected to abstain. Here is a copy of the entire draft text.

source article here

Looks like they already got the votes, just waiting for official vote.

Isn't it great how membership in the UN trumps Congressional/Constitutional declaration of wars.

America! Fuck Yeah!

 

[sailingaway]

Yeah, this is pathetic that I'm callng on CHINA TO VETO to protect OUR Constitution!

Where is our declaration of war??

Because THIS time, I don't think he'd get one!

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://twitter.com/PlaceLuxEU/status/48479468033019904

BBC World reports that first air strikes would be by UK and French forces - no US involvement #Libya

 

[sailingaway]

Cool.

So we'll be SECOND air strikes....

Not to mention the 'army' Hillary mentioned....

...and the US might have to resort to military action against his army. She did not elaborate on this.

 

[wizardwatson]

Cool.

So we'll be SECOND air strikes....

Not to mention the 'army' Hillary mentioned....

I'm sure they'll be ground deployments to some degree to train/advise the rebels. They probably already have the attack plan in place, and probably already have intelligence in Benghazi.

 

[Lucille]

Neocon hard-ons all around.

 

[wizardwatson]

And we come to the center of the shrubbery maze...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...ni-expulsion-risk-from-libyan-oil-fields.html

Muammar Qaddafi may expel western energy companies from Libya should he snuff out the month-old armed rebellion against his regime, draining money from the economy and hurting exporters such as Eni SpA (ENI) and Repsol YPF SA. (REP)

Qaddafi, 68, took control of Ras Lanuf and Brega oil facilities

Qaddafi threatened to replace western oil firms with companies from India and China in a March 2 speech and more than 10 days later discussed possible investments with the ambassadors of the two countries and Russia, state-run television reported.

Not that any of this matters. The state just does what the fuck it wants.

And check this out, our country is so fucked the voice of reason is coming from China...

from article...

United Nations Security Council veto-wielding members China and Russia have been less critical of Qaddafi than France and the U.S., whose leaders openly called on the Libyan leader to go. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters today that “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Libya should be respected.”

 

[WyoLiberty]

Aww, hell.

 

[sailingaway]

I'm sure they'll be ground deployments to some degree to train/advise the rebels. They probably already have the attack plan in place, and probably already have intelligence in Benghazi.

That's how Vietnam started if I recall my history correctly. Have we ever left once we sent advisors somewhere?

 

[specsaregood]

you gotta feed the monkey MIC.

 

[sailingaway]

Rand Paul opposes military action in Libya.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../2011/03/17/ABkw6jl_blog.html?wprss=2chambers

Not that WE weren't aware of that, but WaPo apparently just got the memo.

 

[TrueFreedom]

Resolution passed unanimously. Welcome to the 3rd War.

 

[teacherone]

6.33pm ET: Here's the result: 10 in favour, zero against, five abstentions. So the vote went exactly as predicted. "The resolution 1973/2011 is adopted.," says the chairman.

 

[teacherone]

Officials say US readying for no fly Zone in Libya
(AP) – 26 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional officials say the Obama administration is readying plans to participate in a no-fly zone in Libya with the help of Arab countries in anticipation of a United Nations Security Council resolution.

These officials said Thursday they expected the effort to enforce a no-fly zone and ground Moammar Gadhafi's air force could begin within a few days if the UN takes action by day's end.

They spoke after a briefing for members of the Senate.

One official said Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were among possible participants, in a showing designed to demonstrate that the effort to aid anti-Gadhafi rebels had support from other countries in the region.

These officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...h_ZJyQ?docId=17288846129044d9a0983d74a9788044

 

[1000-points-of-fright]

UN approves "no fly zone and all necessary measures". All necessary measures in order to do what? Sounds to me that this is more than just crippling the government's air power in order to even the fight and to prevent a slaughter. This sounds like the UN is leaving the door open for simply taking out Qaddafi.

 

[raiha]

UN approves "no fly zone and all necessary measures". All necessary measures in order to do what? Sounds to me that this is more than just crippling the government's air power in order to even the fight and to prevent a slaughter. This sounds like the UN is leaving the door open for simply taking out Qaddafi.

And his ill-begotten spawn.

 

[Immortal Technique]

U.N Votes Yes To Bomb Libya

 

[KramerDSP]

Quadaffi et al won't be alive 48 hours from now, if I had to guess.

 

[ihsv]

Disgusting

 

[Anti Federalist]

So now the UN declares war for us.

I'm with LE, I just feel sick.

My WTF has run out.