Michael Steele has a serious case of foot in mouth disease

While Vice President Joe Biden may be a walking gaffe machine, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele certainly isn’t much better. Speaking at at a fundraiser in Noank, Connecticut, Steele stated the war in Afghanistan was a war of President Barack Obama’s choosing, as opposed to being a war President Obama inherited. Listen for yourself:

Here’s the text of Steele’s remarks:

“The [General] McChrystal incident, to me, was very comical. I think it’s a reflection of the frustration that a lot of our military leaders has with this Administration and their prosecution of the war in Afghanistan. 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. It was one of those areas of the total board of foreign policy [that was at least?] that we would be in the background sort of shaping the changes that were necessary in Afghanistan as opposed to directly engaging troops. 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? Alright, because everyone who has tried over a thousand years of history has failed, and there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan…”

Predictably, conservatives are frothing at the mouth over Steele’s comments.

H/T to My Left Nutmeg.