UN Security Council passes no-fly zone resolution, air strikes expected 'within hours' - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Tac Error;28657732]AFIAK, interdiction of lines of communication (LOC)/supply lines usually affects the enemy on the operational and strategic level. The US/UN/NATO air component can't be deployed in the Med as quickly as people would like. How fast are Gaddafi's forces moving towards Benghazi? If fighting has already started by the time the air component has begun their missions, cutting the legs will impact very little unless the Battle of Benghazi becomes drawn out over time that interdiction of LOC can work. Besides, don't the rebels have armored vehicles of their own? How are the aircrews going to distinguish between a Gaddafist and a rebel tank? When forces are intermingled it's almost impossible.[/QUOTE] Not sure if they do. Either way, I think Gaddafis forces are going to be situated on on side of the city, and tanks and vehicles will always need to go back somewhere to refuel and resupply. There will be weak points. May not be hugely significant, but enough to give the rebels more of an edge.

[QUOTE=Jsm;28658015]If Sky and the Guardian are correct then Russia, China and Germany are not voting. But who knows, they could have been persuaded one way or the other.[/QUOTE] Yeah but as we were discussing, abstentions still count against the resolution because it needs 9 Yes votes to pass, so if just 4 more countries besides Russia, China and Germany abstain or vote no the resolution goes down

Vote already

I would vote yes.

[QUOTE=Jsm;28658033][url]http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/[/url] Channel 3 is in English (translated I assume), 4 is Original language, 5 is the media scrum outside.[/QUOTE] Everything is so blurry.

[QUOTE=smurfy;28658048]Yeah but as we were discussing, abstentions still count against the resolution because it needs 9 Yes votes to pass, so if just 4 more countries besides Russia, China and Germany abstain or vote no the resolution goes down[/QUOTE] Wikipedia suggests that an abstain vote does not count against a resolution in the UNSC (but it does in the GA)

Oh for fuck sake stop talking about what you did yesterday.

Lots of people sitting down...

[QUOTE=booster;28658068]Everything is so blurry.[/QUOTE] Sky news (in the UK) has a much higher quality version on their channel at the moment. This suggests that there is a higher quality stream coming out of the UN somewhere.

Fuck just start!

AJE reported (some old news) as I was loading livestation: Apparently Russia was (is?) calling for a cease fire with a no fly zone as the result of not doing so. Perhaps this means they are somewhat behind the idea?

Looks like they're filling their seats.

[QUOTE=Jsm;28658071]Wikipedia suggests that an abstain vote does not count against a resolution in the UNSC (but it does in the GA)[/QUOTE] It's hard to describe. No matter how many countries abstain, there needs to be 9 out of 15 Yes votes. If 3 countries abstain, then it's 9 out of 12. The prediction seems to be that 5 countries will abstain. That means it needs 9 out of 10 votes to pass this resolution. So if just two countries vote no, the resolution will go down, or if two more countries abstain, the resolution will go down.

Oh hey! I ate curry chicken yesterday! Oh shut the fuck up!

The stream quality suddenly got better.

Nvm

Wow loud microphone buzzer thing.

The feed is down :I

buzzer?

Stream die for anyone else? (Chan 3) [B]back baby[/B]

Oh, it's on Channel 1 now, and in much higher quality. Switch to Channel 1 everyone

Use Channel 1 for now. It has nice quality. EDIT: :ninja:

-snip-Silly me I'm watching channel 1

[QUOTE=CatFodder;28658176]buzzer?[/QUOTE] I heard something like a buzzer. Perhaps its a "hurry the fuck up" alarm. This is why fuck all gets done by the UN, they spend half the day shaking hands.

Sorry for my misinformation, but does anyone know when the vote starts?(Or if the vote has happened)

SIT THE FUCK DOWN FOR FUCK'S SAKE caps

They seem to be slowly gravitating towards their seats...

Looks like I got here just in time.

Fucking hell, vote already.

[QUOTE=smurfy;28658227]They seem to be slowly gravitating towards their seats...[/QUOTE] This seems to be the last minute negotiations / bribes.