Posted on 10/27/2009 4:06:32 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A key U.S. official in Afghanistan has resigned in protest over U.S. policy in the war-torn region, as the Obama administration deliberates its future strategy there.
Matthew Hoh, a political officer in the foreign service and a senior civilian officer in Zabul, Afghanistan, wrote a four-page letter to Ambassador Nancy Powell, director general of the foreign service at the State Department, to express his "doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy," as first reported by the Washington Post today.
Today, Hoh told reporters he submitted his letter of resignation on Sept. 10 because he doesn't agree with the U.S. mission in the country. Afghanistan, Hoh said, is in stark contrast to Iraq, especially when it comes to security.
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He could be acting as a finger in the wind for 0bama, who is, IMO, looking for an exit that doesn’t rub the shine off his chrome.
Wonder what Obama is going to say to the parents of the servicepeople how he murdered their sons and daughters.
“Oh, I had to get another round of golf in.”
Obamao knows what the mission is, same as LBJ’s containment while he fiddles around with our economy. When that blew up in LBJs face, he got the boot ... So will Obamao.
It’s the economy stupid, not the socialism.
Why the hell is this News ?
Maybe Obama will resign too, as his has similar thinking.
Drop Hoh’s bunns off in Pakistan and let him see the world. He ain’t worth the Jet Fuel cost to fly him all the way back home.
Just another “K-Street Hoh”
(Sorry)
Right on the money, Red in Blue PA.
Hoh is cover for O
That did not happen to Roosevelt, did it?
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