Rohrabacher: I backed the surge, but we were doing the wrong thing

South Bay Reps. Jane Harman and Dana Rohrabacher have something in common these days: Both are sounding very skeptical about sending more troops to Afghanistan.

Harman returned yesterday from a trip to the region in a very pessimistic mood. Rohrabacher, who famously hung out with the mujahideen back in the 1980s, is sounding more and more like he thinks this is a lost cause.

In a recent speech on the House floor, Rohrabacher said he does not blame President Obama for taking his time to think about things. He also put much of the blame for the current situation on President Bush. He noted that while he supported the surge in Iraq, he believed the strategy was wrong:

I tried to be supportive but we were obviously doing the wrong thing. We obviously used the wrong strategy. The competence of the last administration in carrying out that war and building the peace was abysmal.