NEW YORK, New York - The chamber of the United Nations Security Council was a study in quiet tension. The resolution on the table was stark in its demands: an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. It was the fifth American veto of a ceasefire resolution since the war began. Following the vote, Danish Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen, speaking for the ten nations who brought the resolution, stood firm. "Even though this resolution was not adopted today at this 10,000th meeting of the Council, 14 members of this Council have sent a clear message," she declared.