(CNN) – As a leading conservative voice is calling on Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to resign his post, the RNC is defending the chairman’s recent statements that appeared to criticize of the United States’ war effort in Afghanistan and suggest the conflict there may be unwinnable.
“The Chairman clearly supports our troops but believes that success of the war effort in Afghanistan requires the ongoing support of the American people,” RNC Communications Director Dough Heye said.
In a speech at a Republican fundraiser in Connecticut Thursday, a YouTube video shows the RNC chairman declaring of the war in Afghanistan, “This was a war of Obama’s choosing.”
“This is not something the United States actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in,” he added.
(CNN) – As a leading conservative voice is calling on Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to resign his post, the RNC is defending the chairman’s recent statements that appeared to criticize of the United States’ war effort in Afghanistan and suggest the conflict there may be unwinnable.
“The Chairman clearly supports our troops but believes that success of the war effort in Afghanistan requires the ongoing support of the American people,” RNC Communications Director Dough Heye said.
In a speech at a Republican fundraiser in Connecticut Thursday, a YouTube video shows the RNC chairman declaring of the war in Afghanistan, “This was a war of Obama’s choosing.”
“This is not something the United States actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in,” he added.
