At a fundraiser in Connecticut on yesterday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele made some startling declarations about the war in Afghanistan that put him on wrong side of the facts and in opposition with his own party’s position. While chiding Obama for not being a good enough “student of history,” Steele declared that the war — started nine years ago by President Bush — was “of Obama’s choosing,” explaining that America had not “actively prosecuted or wanted to engage” in it before Obama took office.
Steele went on to echo some progressives, arguing that the U.S. shouldn’t be in Afghanistan because the war is a lost cause:
Steele went on to echo some progressives, arguing that the U.S. shouldn’t be in Afghanistan because the war is a lost cause:
STEELE: Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama’s choosing. This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. [...]Du kan se en video i linket.
It was the president who was trying to be cute by half by flipping a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should be in Afghanistan. Well, if he’s such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that’s the one thing you don’t do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan? All right, because everyone who has tried, over a thousand years of history, has failed. And there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan.
