FLASHBACK: Steele Called Afghanistan ‘A War We Have To Win’ | Talking Points Memo

When he thinks nobody’s watching, Michael Steele says “the one thing you don’t do is engage in a land war in Afghanistan…everyone who has tried, over a thousand years of history, has failed” and calls Afghanistan a war of President Obama‘s choosing. Yet just months ago, in his official capacity as RNC Chairman, Steele had a remarkably different take.


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