So … Can we go home now? Before the Ospreys get there?

From AlterNet:

More than half of the members of Iraq’s parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored the story.

There goes that Liberal Media for you.

It’s a hugely significant development. Lawmakers demanding an end to the occupation now have the upper hand in the Iraqi legislature for the first time; previous attempts at a similar resolution fell just short of the 138 votes needed to pass (there are 275 members of the Iraqi parliament, but many have fled the country’s civil conflict, and at times it’s been difficult to arrive at a quorum).

You think their vote had anything to do with the soul crushing vibe Cheney gave off when he was over there? Good Golly, he freaked out most of the parliament.

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