DOES BOEHNER REALLY WANT TO DEBATE IRAQ AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY?….
As the next phase of the U.S. presence in Iraq begins, and Operation Iraqi Freedom comes to a formal end, it’s fair to give some credit to President Obama. It was his vision of a phased withdrawal that shaped the Status of Forces Agreement signed in 2008, and it was his timetable that has brought the troop levels below 50,000 for the first time since the war began. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), meanwhile, has a different take. House GOP leader John Boehner said on Friday the administration is taking credit for ending the combat mission in Iraq, but that it’s the troop surge — which President Obama opposed as a senator — that made it possible. Previewing a speech he’ll give on Iraq next week, the Ohio Republican published an op-ed on the conservative Human Events website and released a Web video that credits the troops and the 2007 troop “surge” for turning around the security situation — and ultimately allowing the withdrawal of combat troops. Boehner argued that Demo
