And then there is Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee -

Well, if he's (referring to President Obama) 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. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan."
Guess he forgot (conveniently) that is was George W. Bush who started the war in Afghanistan.