Cal Perry NBC: Iraqi PM tells Parliament that US troops should leave the country. (Updated)

[Dennis Donovan]

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Cal Perry ✔ @CalNBC

Incredible: Iraqi PM tells Parliament that US troops should leave the country.

9:10 AM - Jan 5, 2020 · Doha, Qatar

Long past due, but exiting like this (forced out) is shameful.

Update:

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Farnaz Fassihi ✔ @farnazfassihi

BREAKING; #Iraq parliament votes to expel US military from Iraq.
PM Abdul Mahdi: “It’s time for American troops to leave.”
Wow.

Farnaz Fassihi ✔ @farnazfassihi

Iraq PM says Gen. Soleimani was his guest & US strike was illegal.
Moqtada Sadr calls for closing of US embassy in Baghdad.

9:41 AM - Jan 5, 2020

[dalton99a]

1. Inside the parliament hall Sunday, lawmakers chanted "America out!"

[OhNo-Really]

31. Wait! Bush/Iraq signed withdrawal agreement in 2008!!!!!

To be completed in 2011

Which Obama honored

Do we have amnesia?

“
17 November – The US and the Iraqi Government sign the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement providing for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities by 30 June 2009 and a complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq by the end of 2011.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Iraq

[gab13by13]

2. Going to be a clusterfuck,

the Sunnis will want us to stay since we are killing Shias.

[ck4829]

3. "Hey wait a tick, if there's a war... they're gonna use our streets and yards as the battleground!"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Puppet master Putin pulling strings. ......

He wants a strong hold in Iraq, Syria, and strengthen ties with Iran. Russia needs oil, a Gulf port.

[Vinnie From Indy]

7. Not sure Russia "needs oil".

They produce 12% of the world's oil and they have massive natural gas deposits.

[mopinko]

11. not sure there is any such thing as enough oil, when that's

your entire economy.
that's why they are in ukraine. they are in the oil regions.

w sanctions they are more worried about getting what they have out of the ground, but....

[defacto7]

30. It's about control.

[paleotn]

38. Exactly.

Controlling who gets the oil and who doesn't is a key in advancing Russian interests.

[patphil]

43. True, but having a strong influence over oil in Iraq and Iran just makes Russia stronger.

[paleotn]

37. Russia has plenty of oil....

but what they've rarely had was an unencumbered, warm water port. It's more geography Putin is after than petroleum. And to degrade American influence in a region still vital to western industrial economies. Control of the west's economic lifeline in the Middle East has been a Russian wet dream since the 50's.

[Raven]

5. Good! We need to be out. We never should have been there in the first place. If

leaving is a humiliation it's because we have an idiot for a President.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Imagine if 500 FL Nader voters stayed home that day...

None of this would be happening. None of it.

[NJCher]

32. 112,911

eom

[Dennis Donovan]

33. All we needed was 500 (give or take 100)

...or for that stupid butterfly ballot design to have been rejected.

[Corgigal]

6. He's right.

Should have left years ago. Now works for me, I bet they would be happy to pack it up.

[kentuck]

9. It is time.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212836480

Opinion: Maybe this is the time to withdraw troops from Iraq?
Whatever goodwill we may have nurtured is surely usurped by now?

What better time to leave a country, that votes tomorrow for us to leave?

We should not stay where we are not welcome.

If the country is not self-sufficient by now, there is no more we can do.

Also, Trump has said he wants to draw down the troops in that part of the world.

Iraq would be a good place to start, in my opinion.

[llmart]

35. Also, Trump has said he wants to draw down the troops in that part of the world.

Only now he's sending more troops to that part of the world.

[TubbersUK]

10. Additional info here:

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@janearraf
This is stunning - #Iraq prime minister tells parliament US troops should leave. Says
@realDonaldTrump called him to ask him to mediate with #Iran and then ordered drone strike on Soleimani. Says Soleimani carrying response to Saudi initiative to defuse tension when he was hit.
2:05 PM · Jan 5, 2020·Twitter Web App

[Dennis Donovan]

13. "Stunning" doesn't even cover it...

[Martin Eden]

15. If Soleimani was actually on a mission of peace

Then this is a real political bombshell -- especially if US intel or State Dept. knew about it.

I hope the Iraqi government makes a formal decision to tell us to get out.

[tanyev]

22. The shart of the deal.

[paleotn]

39. Did IQ45....

just fuck things up for everyone? Including the Saudis? I would suspect Bin Salman doesn't want an actual war in the Persian Gulf. Petty nitpicking with Iran over influence and control is one thing. No one with half a fucking brain would want a real shooting war there, particularly if they live in the neighborhood and their economic infrastructure is at risk. But then again, the Saudis have been playing a very dangerous game and are subject to blow back just like the rest of us.

[C_U_L8R]

12. Putin for the win.

Didn't even need an extra-dimensional chess move... Trump just fell for it.

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[UpInArms]

14. Mission Accomplished!

[uponit7771]

16. FUCKIN WOW !!!

[TubbersUK]

19. Yes, and Double WOW!! if this is true:

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Liberalhammer]

18. Military personnel are in grave danger

They are sitting ducks.

Without the support of the Iraqi government, its open season on them.

[paleotn]

40. Bingo.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. So, the brilliant foreign policy expert is turning Iraq over to Iran.

[uponit7771]

21. +1, Putin's whole body is shivering daily for the last week.

[edhopper]

23. This action

can get us expelled from every country in the region.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Putin has denounced the US attack.

He said that it was a poor decision.

[Dennis Donovan]

25. To Trump, that's the deepest cut of any... n/t

[dalton99a]

26. +1. Russia Says Iran General's Killing 'Illegal'

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/01/03/russia-says-iran-generals-killing-illegal/
Russia Says Iran General’s Killing ‘Illegal’

[Iliyah]

27. So now shithole and his F up administration is

wait for it . . . . . .

Blaming Pres. Obama.

[Roland99]

36. Which makes this decision all the more confounding

Since when has Twitler ever done anything that didn’t benefit Putin

[paleotn]

41. For us, yes. For him, no.

He's an ole KGB man. Don't listen to a damn word he says. Just watch what he does and keep in mind what's in his interest.

[Lonestarblue]

28. Trump has handed ISIS several gifts in the last few months.

Soliemani was the most effective leader fighting against ISIS, and who knows whether his successor will be as effective. The Iraqis have also now voted to eject US troops from their country, opening the door for ISIS to regroup. Trump’s decision to betray our Kurd allies in Syria has also pushed the Kurds to fight for their own lives instead of continuing to fight ISIS.

Trump doesn’t actually care about ISIS because they attack targets mostly in Europe, and Trump has done his best to turn our allies there into enemies. He certainly is a leader they no longer follow, and if Trump starts war with Iran the US will be alone with no allies. Unfortunately, Trump’s rabid supporters will see war in the Middle East as the start of the end times and will be cheering him on so they can finally bring about the Rapture.

[usaf-vet]

29. So has Trump told the troops to take the oil when they leave. He said it's OUR oil we fought for it.

Sorry for the at a time like this.

[NBachers]

34. Well that's gratitude for ya - who's next- Turkey?

[paleotn]

42. Already gone.

A member of NATO on paper only. Haven't been an actual NATO member since Erdogan. Then again, the Turks were never all that reliable. Simply beneficiaries of cold war geography.