First U.S. official resigns in protest over war in Afghanistan

Americans are waiting for President Obama to make a decision on whether or not he will send the 40,000 or so troops that General Stanley McChrystal has requested to Afghanistan. In the meantime, there is growing discontent in the United States over the mission in Afghanistan and recently the first U.S. state department official and former Marine corps captain, Matthew Hoh, resigned in protest over the war in Afghanistan.

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[connielane]

Einstein said:

"The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service."

Get out of the military, all people of every nation, just say no. Fight for your country only if your country is attacked and invaded by a foreign occupier. The cabals who run the world should be starved of human resources so let them do their own fighting and send their own children off to die for corporate profits.

Give your service to Humanity so the world can live in peace with justice for all..

[adkinsjr]

Oh, excuse me. TOO MANY Americans don't know when to admit that their country is wrong. TOO MANY Americans just try to rationalize every foreign policy disaster, and pretend as if the U.S. has never victimized any other nation.

[Calvert1212]

@connielane the reason peace can exist is because of those who protect you you ignorant fuk. my dads been in the army for 22 years and you tell him he did it for nothing? do you really think that soldiers cause violence? you dont think there arent hundreds of thousands of people who would kill you for the clothes on your back while you preach of world peace? THATS why the soldiers join, because they find honor in protecting YOU.

regards

[gigobait]

RT will give 3 minutes of air time to a janitor who left cleaning halls of the CIA if they find one :)

[ThaigerDon]

@connielane ... and a year later, your comment still rings true, though it's ignored by many who join the service to get money and opportunities in life, not knowing what they do in that field perpetuates the agonies we all face as people on earth...

[sjvietboy408]

@MarielaSimons, because of the false incident at "Gulf of Tonkin" that gave the US government an excuse to send US troops to Vietnam in the name of "protecting our freedoms". The US government claimed that if South Vietnam falls to communism every other country will fall as well like the "domino theory". Turns out North Vietnam reunited Vietnam and fought the communist Chinese, Cambodians, and they fought Axis power Japan. Turns out North Vietnam never intended to dominate the entire region. LIE

[globengo]

donot eat afgan & iraqi people flesh & donot drink their blood ,they are doing since last 10 years its enough now if they are human beings must leave afgan & iraq immediately if not they are about to finish with utmost defame & doomsday judgement.

[omgfmlwtfsmb]

We aree Eminerica, the toughtest milirary in the world

[TheBilderturdGroup]

These perpetual wars for perpetual peace are a racket the elite financial crowd and their controlled media use to help the rich get richer. It's just a con game according to Major General Smedley D. Butler in his book "War is a Racket"..

[slewofdamascus]

Russia Today - thanks for real journalism.

[twomiracles]

that person is right. we did. It's common knowledge if you are paying attention. we were trying to help them against the soviet union takeover of their country...we funded AND trained them. (our CIA)...

[NOLIBERALBIAS]

You r so right. Most of them r overweight that they r too lazy to acquire info from any other source than Tv.