Iraqi parliament can't get a quorum

The NY Times this morning discusses how the Iraqi parliament can't seem to ever get a quorum.

... Parliament in recent months has been at a standstill. Nearly every session since November has been adjourned because as few as 65 members made it to work, even as they and the absentees earned salaries and benefits worth about $120,000.

Part of the problem is security, but Iraqi officials also said they feared that members were losing confidence in the institution and in the country’s fragile democracy. As chaos has deepened, Parliament’s relevance has gradually receded.

This is the stable government that we are sacrificing our troops to save. Most members of parliament live outside the country, many in England. The whole thing is a crock.