Iraq- the next steps

[Tribesman]

i may be wrong, but i believe it's well on its way to being agreed as per the news this morning.......

yes you would be wrong

[Tribesman]

Well isn't it amazing , who would have thought that the vote on the SoFA would make the Iraqi parliament delay their holidays twice and still be making changes to it .

So now if it does get voted on tomorrow , then goes to a referenda next year and passes, and then makes it past the tri-presidential veto proceess after that doesn't it mean that as of the end of this year coilition forces have no legal standing in Iraq until the process is finished .
Would this have gone easier if the October elections had gone ahead ?