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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) January 5, 2020

As they pointed out on MTP, the last time the SOFA in Iraq was ended, Iraq collapsed into civil war. As Sen. mark Warner asked just now: "How does this action make America safer?"

Oh, God. https://t.co/NA3jEnIakb

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 5, 2020

An American contractor was one death too many, but now there may be some collateral damage. Gotta break a few eggs, ya know. Besides, our President is hard at work:

While Iraqi parliament voting to expel US troops and US diplomats and troops in the Middle East are bracing for incoming... https://t.co/nOU4QBacsR

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 5, 2020

And we still have our allies, right?

People cheering US military getting expelled, consider how ISIS threat in Iraq reverberates far outside its borders from terrorist attacks in EU to recruiting western cells & refugee crisis.
This is not good.#Iraq #Soleimani

— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 5, 2020

#Iraq fallout of Trump decision to strike #Soleimani:
1. Parliament votes to expel US military.
2. Sadr calls for closure of US embassy.
3. Coalition to fight ISIS is at risk.
4. NATO suspends training Iraqi forces.

— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 5, 2020

But Trump got to say "We got 'im," so he's done something else Obama did.

.@ewarren on @MeetThePress links Iran & impeachment: “The question people reasonably ask is, next week Donald Trump faces the start, potentially, of an impeachment trial. And why now? I think people are starting to ask, ‘why now did he do this?’”

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 5, 2020

Yup.