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David Frum speaks out on Michael Steele’s ludicrous comments concerning Obama and Afghanistan.
Maybe as time passes people change their minds. Fine. But if they do change their minds, they should acknowledge that is what they have done. They should not revise history so that a strategy that was broadly supported by all becomes “Obama’s war.”
Maybe the strategy is genuinely wrong. Maybe the Afghanistan commitment is not worth the costs. Maybe instituting a stable central government in Afghanistan is an over-ambitious project. Again: fine. But with the guns firing, that’s a point of view to advocate in a serious and considered way, as part of a debate over national interests, not to score political points. The debate should be aimed at finding a resolution in Afghanistan that is maximally successful for the U.S. and partners, not the way that is maximally humiliating to the president. Obama may fail in Afghanistan. But if he does, the whole country fails with him.
Frum continues to be a thinking man’s conservative and if there were a few more Frums and a lot less Becks and Limbaughs, the national debate on issues could truly be an exchange of ideas and not the circus of idiocy it has become.
As for Steele, he put out a statement in an attempt to clarify his position and let his fellow conservatives know what he really meant. In truth, Steele is about to be forced out as RNC chairman. He knows he’s blundered for what will probably be the last time.
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