Yes, but they always lie.
Just like Hillary and "Obama" opposed same-sex "marriage".
The "sovereignty" of Iraq has always been meaningless to the Left. Why else would they want to flood Mesopotamia, Mosul, and Basra with atheist feminist missionaries to change everything the people of those former Ottoman vilayets value or believe?
They opposed Christian missionaries coming into help in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein because they said it tainted (the post-Christian) culture.
Stalinists lie. ALWAYS