Posted on 07/03/2010 2:56:48 PM PDT by speciallybland
LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- Congressman Ron Paul today issued the following statement on Michael Steele’s recent comments that Afghanistan is a war of President Obama’s choosing:
“I would like to congratulate Michael Steele for his leadership on one of the most important issues of today. He is absolutely right: Afghanistan is now Obama’s war. During the 2008 campaign, Obama was out in front in insisting that more troops be sent to Afghanistan. Obama called for expanding the war even as he pretended to be a peace candidate.
“Michael Steele should not resign. Smart policies make smart politics. He is guiding the party in the right direction and we are on the verge of victory this fall. Chairman Steele should not back off. He is giving the country, especially young people, hope as he speaks truth about this war.
“I have to ask myself, what is the agenda of the harsh critics demanding this resignation? Why do they support Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama’s war?
“The American people are sick and tired spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year, draining our economy and straining our military. Michael Steele has it right and Republicans should stick by him.”
Well this should seal Michael Steele’s doom.
The Anti-War nutcase Ron Paul congratulating him.
It is the kiss of death for any serious conservative
An endorsement (kiss of death) from Ron Paul should be sufficient motivation for Mr. Steele to be removed from his current position with the RNC.
Ping
There is no "winning" in Afghanistan, either commit to staying there for the next 50-100 years and westernize them or don't bother wasting the lives and body parts.
Hussein is already committed to bugging out next July, so what is the point of one more American casualty?
If anyone needed additional evidence that Ron Paul is a certifiable loon, ANY defense of Michael Steele should suffice. This comment goes WELL beyond sufficient.
I never thought we'd see a GOP chairman worse than Mel Martinez. I was wrong. Steele gets there, and then some.
If anyone needed additional evidence that Ron Paul is a certifiable loon, ANY defense of Michael Steele should suffice. This comment goes WELL beyond sufficient.
I never thought we'd see a GOP chairman worse than Mel Martinez. I was wrong. Steele gets there, and then some.
We were on the verge of being able to walk out victorious just a couple of years ago when the rules of engagement were changed by certain new leadership.
“There is no “winning” in Afghanistan...”
“The Iraq war is lost...”
-Harry Reid, 2007
Hey, I’ll be in Rome (again) in about 3 weeks!
I’m no fan of the Afghan war, but publicly scheduling a departure date is the height of stupidity.
Ron Paul and Steele, two loons in a pod.
Steel needs to go .
Let Gen. Petraeus take charge, one of the few adults
around.
I wish Patton were still around.
Then this war would really end and the Taliban would not have Pakistan as a sanctuary.
Afghanistan is a higher tech, lower casaulty no-win Korea and Vietnam type of conflict run by the elite that Ron Paul despises.
Paul’s problem is he has cast in his lot with the Left in opposing the war and not attacked it as a no-win rules of engagement limited war of the style pursued by LBJ and Nixon in the 1960’s and 70’s.
Legitimately elected or not, Obama is the Commander in Chief. "The Buck Stops Here". What Ron Paul said is correct -- Obama can no longer blame any mis-management of the War in Afghanistan on anyone but himself. I'd think that any serious conservative would agree with that sentiment.
When we elected 0bama, we lost the war.
On war, we should always set aside politics. The only right thing to do when Americans are fighting war is to support victory, only victory.
On war, we should always set aside politics. The only right thing to do when Americans are fighting war is to support victory, only victory.
Actually Mr Paul has a very valid point, if you just take the time to read what he said. And I am not a Pual fan when it comes to his views on the war.
BUT he is correct this is now Obaba’s war, and the points he makes about what Obama said is spot on.
Patton and MacArthur would never make general rank in today’s highly politicized, politically correct military.
I hear you.
The major problem though, the IslamOfascists
war is not your grandfather’s WWII
They don’t wear a uniform, no front or rear lines,
It is a circular war. The enemy hides behind women and children.
Their allies, Iran and others have weapons to do major damage in kind.
This war has to be fought very differently.
IF we pick up and go home, the IslamOfascists are also here.
We have to take them out where they are rooted and go from there.
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