Relations between Washington and Baghdad are currently at a low point, but, perversely, that could be a good thing for President Trump’s oft-repeated goal of bringing the remaining 5,200 U.S. troops in Iraq home.

Furious over the Jan. 3 U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed not only Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani but also senior Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the Iraqi parliament quickly passed a nonbinding resolution calling for all U.S. troops to be disinvited from the country.