The Resignation of Matthew Hoh and The Death of The Afghan War

The resignation of Matthew Hoh is probably not getting the attention it deserves. An Iraqi Marine Veteran and State Department official, he has a unique "close up" perspective on the Afghanistan war. He clearly has said "enough is enough" and has resigned over this. Congratulations to a Government official standing up for what he believes. In an interview with NPR, he states in response to whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan and if so how many:

"I prefer to keep talking about: Is it worth winning? Is it worth losing more lives? And is it worth spending billions of dollars that, frankly, this country does not have?"

He goes on to cite the fallacy that Al Qaeda needs Afghanistan. As he pointed out, most of the 9/11 conspirators were actually from the West or from Saudi Arabia. A fact the Bush administration just continued to ignore and, to this day, Dick Cheney (a.k.a "The Big Dick" ) just glosses over as if his hearing aid is not working. Hoh goes on to say:

"We have an approach where we haven't evolved ourselves. We're still set up to do our foreign policy and our defense operations like we were in 1991, and we need to change, Al-Qaida changed, they evolved. They got smart about how they're going to do their operations. We need to do the same."

Hopefully, Hoh will not just go into the woodwork of society but will continue to speak out and let people know what is truly going on. 

On a side note, It is being reported President Obama will most likely commit less troops than the military wanted (40,000) and will look to "wind down" the troop levels in Afghanistan. 

We need to build schools in America not in Kabul.