Michael Steele: Afghanistan was a war of Obama's choosing

“Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama’s choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in,” he said. “But it was the president who was trying to be cute by half by building a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should in Afghanistan. Well, if he 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?”

Democrats pounced on the statement, saying it was Steele’s latest gaffe in a long line of misstatements.

“This clip puts him at odds with about 100 percent of the Republican Party,” DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse said.