Almost half the Iraqi parliament was prevented from voting. The other half was warned to vote this way. Even with that he voted a non-biding resolution.
the Iraqi parliament right now is no better than Venezula’s. IF we were already in Venezuela would we leave if Maduro’s handpicked parliament said to?
The problem is that only the Iraqi opposition (mostly Sunnis, I assume) can stand up and resist the Shiite/Iranian tyranny, and they have not given even the slightest hint of being willing to risk it. If they’re not willing to risk anything for their country, why should we?
Venezuela is different. For one thing, if you’d seen the photos today of the new duly elected president being forced to try to enter the presidential office - since he’s the legitimate president - by climbing over the fence and then being pushed out by maduro’s “Revolutionary Guard,” you’d see the resolve to fight back. If the Iraqis had shown any such resolve, this letter would never have been sent.