House votes to block any sustained combat role in Iraq. -Guardian

A soldier heading back from Iraq in 2011. -Guardian

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution of a bill baring further combat operations in Iraq. -Guardian  The vote passed 370-40 in a rare bipartisan show of unity. The vote is largely symbolic since the Senate would need to confirm it. The vote is seen as both a rejection of any new Iraq combat missions as well as an attempt to reign in executive power. 

My Comment:

I am betting this will play pretty well back home for these members of congress come election season. America is sick of war and there is very little desire for any combat operations anywhere in the world. The massive negative response to the proposed Syrian War is proof enough of that. Sure congress has their own agenda here, and to be fair their objection to executive power is spot on, but for once I4 think they are accurately reflecting their constituents desires. 

This is of course dire news for Iraq. There is a very good chance they will lose Baghdad and cease to exist as a united country if they don't get foreign help. It is not going to come from the United States, so expect them to fall further into the influence of Iran and Russia. 

That's probably a negative for the United States but the military desperately needs time to rest, rebuild, rearm and recuperate after more then a decade of constant war. America just doesn't have the money right now either. America desperately needs a period without overseas deployments even if it means the world burns around it...