Fred Kaplan on Republican criticism of Obama's Iraq announcement.
When I first heard what Obama was announcing, I assumed it would be like killing Bin Laden. Republicans couldn't possibly attack what he'd done and would instead have to try and shift the credit over to Bush and others. You could actually mount a fairly credible argument that the G.W.B. administration deserved as much credit or more for ending the Iraq War. Of course, then you'd have to admit that ending it did not make up for starting it…