Oldandtired
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Indeed! So now some in here would state this guy is not "military" because he was most recently a top official in the Zabul Province - an individual who was a Marine Captain, a Pentagon official, and top official in Iraq?
Even the news report makes clear this individual's strong military link...
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.
washingtonpost.com
This resignation is significant - and further evidence of a White House in turmoil over what to do with Afghanistan. Casualties have not just increased - they have greatly increased since Obama became Commander in Chief...
Everyone keeps glossing over the meat of the story which is, "I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end."
That has been the question of many of us since Bush decided that bin Laden wasn't a priority as far back as 2002.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." - G.W. Bush, 3/13/02
Has the Afghan policy changed at all yet from the Bush policy? If the answer is no, this guy is actually resigning over the continuation of the Bush/Cheney game plan.
Cedrtainly one way one can take it.......of course, if that one is not aware of what is going on in the world.
Perhaps you should first get up to date on the news...and then post?