Matthew Hoh: I submit my resignation.

Just last month, Matthew Hoh resigned from his position at the State Department to protest the Obama administrations seeming determination to send tens of thousands more American troops to a disastrous war in Afghanistan. In that short time, Hoh has become one of the smartest, most compelling, articulate, and principled dissenters our country has seen against the failed Afghanistan occupation.

If the Obama administration doesnt listen to Hoh now, his warnings of the tragedy that lies at the end of the path of escalation will come to haunt our nation in years to come.

Obama will announce a decision on escalation within weeks. But according to news reports, he is having second thoughts about the wisdom of throwing more American soldiers into a quagmire.

Now is the time to sign our petition to President Obama, and send it to others.

http://rethinkafghanistan.com

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[EcrossH]

We are only there to perpetuate the profits of the military-industrial complex. Halliburton, for example, was the #1 largest contractor to the U.S. Army; they made bank destroying and rebuilding Iraq. Anyone remember the billions of dollars that went "missing" under Halliburton's contracts? I do.

Enough's enough. I don't want America to go into foreign countries and kill KIDS for no reason. No big wars without BIG evidence that it's the only solution.

[PaineLover]

President Obama, Please. STOP the insane occupation. Bring all our troops home. There is NO "win".

[lazerz4eyez]

The Soviets made the same "mistake".... And the Soviets were there to suppress Islamic Fundamentalism.

[Maanchild]

@EcrossH i love and all my repect. I hate usa, and i would invade it and change it, if you didnt change your regime. AND after the war, i would make sure that usa never had an army again.

[boohowdy]

What do we do about Afghanistan? Let it turn back into a 12th century paradise?

What happens when we have to end up in that country again?

This claim that AQ will not simply go back is as believable as Iraq having WMDs.

[jackiebaron]

Clever man.

[TheGreaterGood80]

I initially supported Afghanistan campaign, because there seemed to be more legitimacy for us being there than the disastrous and wrongheaded invasion of Iraq. Now it is clear to me that this is a war that cannot be won. We completely ignored the failures of the previous occupants, the British and the Russians. The Afghans will always be Afghans. Yes, they will likely gloat and brag about their "victory"(a Pyrric victory), but that's how it goes. Let's stop being the world's police.

[hofnerman1]

The allies could take out Germany, Italy, Japan just to name a few in WWll. But they cannot capture a few dudes living in caves??? Whats wrong with this picture???

[hofnerman1]

This is just another money making machine for the rich elite. Just like Vietnam was. Americans went in there too under the same guise as this war in Afghanistan. Has any body other than myself stopped to realize that the Americans have been "fighting" this so called war for twice as long as they fought in World War ll ???? WTF????

[pullpdog]

nwo WAKE UP sheeple

[xman822]

yeah what ur saying is 9/11 never happend and taliban and alqaida are good guys? u liberals are such ignorant idiots! these muslims wanna rule the world and they see u americans as pigs and will totally fuck u and ur wifes when they win this war! then u have to have wear a 2meter beard and ur women has to walk in burka behind u! democrats thing muslim terrorist hare full blooded tolorant democrats where u can sit and talk with!!! what a norrow minded ignorant idiot u are!! bin laden loves u!

[Wolffanator]

No it wasn't, it was to do counter-terrorism and bring a small gang of independant people {not backed by any government} to justice.

What we have now is mission creep. We are nation building, and only because of the nightmare we created out of Afgahnistan, not that it was that nice before. 

We fucked it up, as we've been seeming to do with a lot of things these days. We, meaning our government, not you and I personally.