When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan.
A former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq, Hoh had also served in uniform at the Pentagon, and as a civilian in Iraq and at the State Department. By July, he was the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province, a Taliban hotbed.
But last month, in a move that has sent ripples all the way to the White House, Hoh, 36, became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war, which he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency.
Asked by gammie at 11:43 AM on Oct. 27, 2009 in Politics & Current Events
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Please educate yourself about Afghanistan's history ,about the time period when Russians were there. He can send million troops there ..it would not help...There needs to be change strategically
Answer by Anonymous at 2:25 PM on Oct. 27, 2009
Answer by gammie at 11:46 AM on Oct. 27, 2009
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Answer by waldorfmom at 12:20 PM on Oct. 27, 2009
We weren't "there" while the Taliban were rising in power
are we going to chase them into Pakistan too? Where will this war end? Ending th ewar doesn;t mean not still fighting against terrorism....
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