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Matthew P. Hoh, a former U.S. combat marine captain and Department of Defense civilian in Iraq starting in 2004 and until September a political officer in the Foreign Service stationed in Afghanistan is giving some consternation to President Obama’s... Full Article at Counterpunch
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President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff amid reports that he is close to a decision on new U.S. strategies in Afghanistan. Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Matthew Hoh, a highly regarded U.S. foreign service officer, who also served as a Marine captain in Iraq, has resigned over what he sees as a hopeless situation in Afghanistan. Full Article at The Week
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Matthew Hoh, perhaps unintentionally and unavoidably, has instantly made himself the poster boy for Vice President Joe Biden, liberal Democrats, and every American who looks at a troop surge in Afghanistan with deep skepticism. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor
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As first reported by the Washington Post today, Matthew Hoh, 36, a senior foreign service officer, wrote a four-page resignation letter to Ambassador Nancy Powell, director general of the foreign service at the State Department. Full Article at Huliq.com
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That’s not something that’s ever been entertained ... I don’t think we have the option to leave. That’s quite clear.
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The dead return only in bodily form to be received by families who must be reassured their dead have sacrificed for a purpose worthy of futures lost, love vanished and promised dreams unkept. I have lost confidence such assurances can anymore be made.
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I fail to see the value or the worth in continued U.S. casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is, truly, a 35-year-old civil war.
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we continue to secure and bolster a failing state, while encouraging an ideology and system of government unknown and unwanted by its people.
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