Michael Steele Is Right

Michael Steele, current and soon-to-be-former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, recently stated his position that the Afghanistan war should now be considered President Obama's fight and should be judged accordingly.

"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," Steele said. "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."

Now technically Steele may have been remiss in not pointing out that the Afghanistan war was started under President Bush.

However, the point that I believe Michael Steele is making is that each President has the option at the outset of their administration to decide whether they support and wish to continue the decisions of prior Administrations or not.

President Obama did not just support the Afghanistan war, he advocated prosecuting it much more aggressively than President Bush had been.

As a result, President Obama now "owns" the war that we continue to unnecessarily squander massive amounts of taxpayer money on.