Is it true that the Iraqi Parliament had a Majority vote for us to have a deadline for immediate withdrawal of troops?
Is it also true that over 80% of Iraqis see us as occupiers and want us out?
If these are true, why have I just learned this and why are we not hammering these facts to the Republican base?
I think this could be crucial information for many pro-war conservatives out there.
4) Most wont care what the Iraqis want.
3) The MSM are just underpaid, nice people who make mistakes while trying their best.
2) 80% is claimed here and there and makes sense, but only a referendum would tell for sure
1) Certainly. At least twice. Once - the day before the UN SC session - to forbid the ambassador at the UN from 'requesting' an extension of the mandate. In effect asking for an immediate withdrawal. The ambassador didn't comply.
Shortly after, they voted on that timetable compromise, in order to appease the fear of all those exiles depending on the protection of the occupation. Both cases had a super-majority. Some democracy...
There also was another one - a month or a few earlier - for immediate withdrawal but only got a slim majority. The end of occupation issue is one of the main reasons the Sadr group left government a few times, but was reported as sectarian disputes, which it is of course; Iraqi sect vs the occupation sect.
There are sources for all that stuff, but they are mainly foreign or alternative media who picked it up. Look around the time of the UN mandate extension; sometime in August, I think.
