Michael Steele: Right About Obama and the Afghanistan War?

Don't believe anything you hear about Michael Steele. He isn't a god; he is human and subject to the vagaries of life. However, as a veteran Marine Captain who served in Vietnam, I agree with Chairman Steele. If we are not in Afganistan to win, we should get out. It is obvious that any lessons learned from counter-insurgency operations in Vietnam have been forgotten or overlooked. Heck, the Army War College didn't have an FM on counter-insurgency operations until November 2006, and it was written by a retired Army Colonel. Our leaders are obviously not focused on the war and are making decisions by committee. Our servicemen are being killed and wounded by untried, untested strategies that aren't working. I have made several suggestions to the Department of Defense, none of which have been discussed or considered. What am I? chopped liver?

"He also said that Obama is "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's tried over a thousand years of history has failed?"

Considering this statement as fact, then why in the Hell did Bush get us here in the first place?????

Obama inherited this freakin mess. If we leave now the Repubs would have a field day and if we stay the Repubs will have a field day. The saddest part of this is that the Repubs should have won the last election. Now they can point the finger at Obama when THEY WERE THE ONE'S THAT GOT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!

The once PROUD PARTY OF LINCOLN is now the pathetic Party of Limbaugh.

Let's get the facts right... President Obama campaign promises were to pull our troops out of foriegn countries as soon as he was elected. Where are all the people that constantly slammed President Bush verbally and legally... making it practically impossible to allow our troops to do their jobs? Counterinsurgency? Wake up people. The only way this is going to end, without constant threats to our land and people is going to be seek out and destroy the threat. Pres. Obama realizes this, why do you think our troops are not back yet? I believe he is waiting for something big to happen, causing the American people to get upset so he can get the backing to do what is needed.

Mr. Corn, do you actually believe the words you have written here!?! You are playing even more loose with the facts than Steele! There is no way Afghanistan is Obama's war except that he is now Commander in Chief and he inherited all of Bush43's indulgences. Obama had three choices for our actions in Afghanistan... choice one, pull out immediately regardless of the conditions, choice two, keep the war going for another 8 years and leave it to the next POTUS or, choice three, the route he chose, to try and win this fight against the Taliban and bring the war to an end. Do you personally think Obama is wrong for trying to end this war and bring our troops home?

Thank you, Michael Steele for being a Republican! You have served them well and will continue to do so, all the way to the next Presidential election! The Republicans' reality check-----Michael Steele!

The war in Afghanistan will not be won by our dedicated troops, a Change of Command, or another "new" strategy. This is a war of"Jihad..a RELIGIOUS war. This means that extremist muslims will stop at nothing, even maiming and killing of their own or whoever else gets in the way, in fighting for their senseless cause. America's "Pride of War" attitude has senselessly killed our troops and will continue to do so until we realize that it's time leave Iraq and Afghanistan NOW. WE are in Vietnam era Deja Vu.
And yes, I will continue to wave the "Support Our Soidiers" banner...I SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS COMING HOME.

Excuse Me!! I believe that the war in Afghanistan was raging along for a number of YEARS prior to the Obama presidency. When Obama took office, thousands of our kids were there, engaged in a murderous struggle for their lives, and had been for YEARS. The promise made to our nation following 9/11, if anyone can still recall, was that we were there to get OSAMA, DEAD OR ALIVE. What happened to that? Now, the business of extricating our personnel is dangerous indeed. That doesn't make this war an Obama Creation! Michael Steele's record is still intact. Wrong Again!

This war would have been won years ago if George Bush did not decide to invade Iraq. He split our forces, and we lost coalition countries that were helping us in Afganistan. If Steele is such a history buff he should have told Bush to learn from the mistakes of Napolean and Hitler. Do not split your army with two fronts. finish one war, before adding another.

These comments aside, Steele should resign. He does not have a clear vision and message for the Republicans, which is something the Republican Party needs this year if they are to win back the House and the Senate.

Accepting defeat before you are defeated is not "keeping it real," it is being cynical. There is nothing real about something that hasn't happened yet. Just because others have failed in Afghanistan doesn't mean we will too. It is irresponsible to have such a defeatist attitude when we have soldiers fighting this war. Imagine the impact this would have on our soldiers' morale if people sat back (as the author of this article) and accepted Mr. Steele's reckless comments.

Perhaps Mr. Steele needs to broaden his scope on history a bit because if he had any kind of knowledge of history he would know that noone stays undefeated forever.

Not all Afghans are terrorists or share the same point of view as the Taliban. I see nothing wrong with sending ground troups and trying to win those people over by giving them an ally rather than dropping bombs and giving them a faceless new enemy to despise.

Whatever the outcome of the president's plan, it was important that we attempt this, because contrary to what Mr. Steele and his supporters believe, the only way to know for sure if something would work, is to try it.