Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war

(Blog Post) Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the Foreign Service, where he was the the senior U.S. civilian in the Taliban-dominated Southern Afghanistan province of Zabul, because he became convinced that our war in that country will not only inevitably fail, but is fueling the very insurgency we are trying to defeat. Hoh's resignation is remarkable because it entails the sort of career ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 27, 2009

Thoughtful perpective about former Marine captain Matthew Hoh's resignation from the Foreign Service in Afghanistan. This blog post adds informative context and insights to the reasons cited in Hoh's resignation letter, and ties them to other observations from the Pentagon and former hostage David Rohdes. However, the author doesn't present opposing views in any depth, except to point to an article in The Nation that debunks claims from advocates of ongoing war in Afghanistan.

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