The UN Resolution is not a support for the Turd Sandwich, er, Libya War

Somehow, all the discussions on the Libya War having an international authorization completely and conveniently skips a critical piece of information: Out of the fifteen members, ten voted in favor and the remaining five abstained.

Breaking this down in a couple of different ways:

• Of the five permanent members (US, UK, France, Russia, China) two abstained: Russia and China
• Of the ten non-permanent members, India, Brazil, and Germany abstained.
• I.e., the ones who did not commit themselves to this Resolution are: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Germany.  Put those bold letters together, and you get BRIC.
• BRIC is the group that is now driving the global economy, and Germany is Europe's and the Euro's economic giant.  This means that the Libya War does not have the support of the major economic forces of the day.
• BRIC + Germany is turning out to be one powerful alliance.
• The combined population of these five countries is nearly three billion, out of the 6.9 billion in the world.  
• Germany is the smallest among the five abstaining members, but has the 14th largest population among all the countries.
• Among the "yea" voters are the following countries that supported the US, France, and the UK: Portugal, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gabon, South Africa, Nigeria, Lebanon, and Colombia.  South Africa is the only influential economy here.  Add up the population of all these countries and ... well, it is obvious, isn't it?

After the bombing began, the Indian government officially stated its regret over the war.

India views with grave concern the continuing violence, strife and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Libya. It regrets the air strikes that are taking place. The measures adopted should mitigate and not exacerbate an already difficult situation for the people of the country

It is not that I am presenting any sour-grapes argument similar to how in the US we complain about a state like Wyoming having the same weight at the Senate that a mighty California has.  I agree that we work with the established systems that we have.  But, while broadcasting the UN Resolution as the measure of international support for this unconstitutional war, we are conveniently ignoring the fact that the global economic and populous powers are not behind this war.

Well, come to think of it, I am not sure if I can refer to this as "war," given the various euphemisms that the administration prefers instead.  I do like the "turd sandwich" term :(

First up, Jon Stewart

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And now, Colbert:

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