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 »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
My opinion is that our Afghanistan misadventure, at least at this late stage, is not to be "won", that international terrorism is a real threat, aggrevated by military intervention and best prevented through intelligence and police work, and that the stability of Pakistan deserves attention but not military intervention. However, those opinions are based on my incomplete grasp of the situation, intuition and emotion. I look to journalists for thorough, objective and well documented assessments.