Afghanistan: Former Marine at State Resigns

Taylor Marsh by Taylor Marsh | Oct. 27, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) His name is Matthew Hoh and this could turn into a story that will haunt Pres. Obama’s decision on Afghanistan every day until the strategy is announced. I’m sure it is already. Hoh simply doesn’t believe in where the U.S. mission has been and where Obama is about to take the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. No doubt it will fuel people who want to withdraw, even as I continue to believe from all information I’ve gathered that no more troops is step ... Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 27, 2009

Marsh takes a view that's difficult to reject, and, among liberal war opponents, pretty rare. He disagrees with Matthew Hoh, who resigned from the Foreign Service in protest of the Afghanistan war, arguing that military withdrawal from the country would leave it a failed state largely because women would suffer. His premise is compelling, but his case is not very detailed. Readers need to hear more than "Karma is a bitch" to be convinced staying in Afghanistan is a good idea.

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