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cnas.org - 10/29/2009
Putting Matthew Hoh in Context ... and Asking Hard Questions of the Washington Post
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A great American, sure, but a reader noticed this important comment posted by "gadstian" on the Washington Post's website at 11:50 yesterday morning . I am very disturbed by the journalistic standards of this article and strongly encourage Washington Post readers to contact the paper ...
The lost generation
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 30 days ago
The lost generation
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — On the right, the politically correct thing is to pretend that nothing good happened until Reagan came... along. (more) The lost generation

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Which is Worse Politically: Unemployment or Deficits?
tnr.com - 10/31/2009
Which is Worse Politically: Unemployment or Deficits?
— tnr.com — Matt Yglesias gets this exactly right , I think: read more... (more) Which is Worse Politically: Unemployment or Deficits?

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The New Republic blogs:  Was that Afghanistan Dissident Overhyped?

Ben Smith's Blog:  Remainders: Man up

Mudville Gazette:  Round two (part two)

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Was that Afghanistan Dissident Overhyped?
The New Republic blogs — Andrew Exum flags a Washington Post commenter who took a pretty dim view of the Post 's front-pager yesterday about Matthew Hoh, the civilian official in Afghanistan who resigned to protest America's presence there. First, I am currently serving in a PRT in Iraq. I trained with Matt in northern Virginia in April of this past year before we both moved on to our respective assignments. Matt is a smart young man who has honorably served his country, but by no means was or is he an expert on counterinsurgency, Afghan tribal culture, or U.S. strategic policy. ...

Remainders: Man up
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Conant points out that the White House's handling of H1N1 will be judged by how bad it gets. Chris Christie loosens up on the weight question, and tels Corzine to "man up."* Cantor gets an app. Palin tweaks the Iowans. Anita Dunn may have confused her Chinese writers. Birthers get rebuked. DNC screeners pick a video of graffiti on a flag. Hoffman pulls even. A colleague questions the Afghanistan dissident. Jewish Dems don't like the Hagel ...

Round two (part two)
Mudville Gazette — ... of his status: "Much of the "civilian surge" that you may have read about in Afghanistan consists of temporary government hires. Although it is a contract these positions should not be confused with contractors filling various logistics, security and intelligence positions") had resigned from his position after only a few months of service in remote ...

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Former Marine Now at State Resigns
taylormarsh.com 10/27/2009 — His name is Matthew Hoh and this could turn into a story that will haunt Pres. Obama’s decision on Afghanistan every day until the strategy is announced. I’m sure it is already. Hoh simply doesn’t believe in where the U.S. mission has been and where Obama is about to ...
Afghanistan: Former Marine at State Resigns
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Senior U.S. Official Resigns Over Strategy in Afghanistan
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Is the US Military Presence Driving the Afghan Insurgency?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/27/2009 — DOD Photo Spencer Ackerman on the key issue raised by Matthew Hoh : The concern about the U.S. presence fueling the insurgency — not for what the U.S. does, but merely for the fact of its existence — was raised by Defense Secretary ...
The Denial Continues, and the Horror Remains Unrecognized
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Resignation Letter from US Foreign Service Officer Matthew P. Hoh
original.antiwar.com 10/29/2009 — Resignation Letter from US Foreign Service Officer Matthew P. Hoh, Senior Civilian Representative, Afghanistan September 10, 2009 Ambassador Nancy J. Powell Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources U.S. Department of ...
If Matthew Hoh Won’t Say It Then I Will Say It — LewRockwell.com Blog
In an interview today on NPR, Matthew Hoh , a former Marine who became the first U.S. foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan, was asked whether the over 800 soldiers who have already died in Afghanistan died in vain. Although Hoh acknowledged that he ...
When the Tough Should Get Going — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
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David Quigg: Basic Truths in Hoh Resignation Letter Were True When Hoh Took His Job — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
I'm pretty pissed off right now. It makes less than zero sense to me that Matthew Hoh's resignation as "the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province" seems to be swaying sensible people from Christopher Buckley to Garrison Keillor to Andrew Sullivan . We all, naturally, have heard of Zabul ...
Slideshow: Here's My Resignation — The New Republic blogs
President Obama’s choice about Afghanistan isn’t getting any easier. Last week Matthew Hoh, a senior State Department official in the country, resigned to protest U.S. policies there. Hoh said he didn't "see the value or the worth in continued U.S. casualties or ...
Slideshow: Here’s My Resignation — The New Republic
President Obama’s choice about Afghanistan isn’t getting any easier. Last week Matthew Hoh, a senior State Department official in the country, resigned to protest U.S. policies there. Hoh said he didn't "see the value or the worth in continued U.S. casualties or ...
Slideshow: Here's My Resignation — The New Republic
President Obama's choice about Afghanistan isn’t getting any easier. Last week Matthew Hoh, a senior State Department official in the country, resigned to protest U.S. policies there. Hoh said he didn't "see the value or the worth in continued U.S. casualties or expenditures of ...
Taylor Marsh: What We Owe Afghanistan — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Earlier in the week we found out that a former Marine and Foreign Service officer resigned over Obama's Afghan strategy , even as the President is about to announce his future plans for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. Matthew Hoh isn't waiting, because none of it, as far as he's concerned, ...
Hurrah for Hoh! — At-Largely
Posted by Jeff Huber “I find specious the reasons we ask for bloodshed and sacrifice from our young men and women in Afghanistan.” --Matthew Hoh Foreign Service Officer Matthew Hoh’s resignation... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]  ...
When the Tough Should Get Going — Antiwar.com Original
The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he’s gotten and more. The Obama administration faces hard decisions there, and the man made a good ...
Matthew Hoh Resigns — Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Hoh seems like just the sort of person a country needs to wage successful counterinsurgency. He was in the Marine Corps, served in Iraq, rose to the rank of Captain and then after leaving the military joined the Foreign Service. He was sent to Afghanistan and became the top civilian ...
A Troubling Resignation — JustOneMinute
Matthew Hoh, a former Marine officer in Iraq turned Foreign Service Officer, has resigned in protest over our planned escalation in Afghanistan. His background is impressive and his reasons are troubling. When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this...
Foreign Service Officer Resigns His Post in Afghanistan — Firedoglake
(photo by travir) I agree with Spencer Ackerman that this is a big deal –Matthew Hoh, a Foreign Service officer with previous experience in the Marines, has resigned his post in Afghanistan, specifically in protest over the war, which he claims “fuels the insurgency.” ...
Last month, Matthew Hoh became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war. — truthout
Last month, Matthew Hoh became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war.
Resigning in Protest — The New Republic blogs
A fascinating WashPost story on a Foreign Service officer who has resigned to protest what he feels is a pointless war in Afghanistan. A combat veteran who reportedly read deeply about the war, Matthew Hoh will be difficult for Afghanistan hawks to dismiss. Here's a key passage: read more
Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
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. But last month, in a move that has sent ripples ...
The View From Kabul — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Exum puts the resignation of Afghanistan Senior Civilian representative Matthew Hoh in context. Here is the WaPo's take on the story and here ( pdf ) is the resignation letter. From the letter: To put simply: I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or ...
Steve Clemons: Matthew Hoh: US Has Lost Track of Why It is In Afghanistan — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Matthew Hoh, the first US government official to formally resign his post because of objections to America's course in Afghanistan, makes a compelling case that America has lost its strategic sensibilities in this war which President Obama has adopted as "the good war". In this Al ...
Matthew Hoh: US Has Lost Track of Why It is In Afghanistan — The Washington Note
Matthew Hoh, the first US government official to formally resign his post because of objections to America's course in Afghanistan, makes a compelling case that America has lost its strategic sensibilities in this war which President Obama has adopted as "the good war". In this Al ...
Why and To What End in Afghanistan — Commondreams.org Views
by Ralph Nader Matthew P. Hoh, a former U.S. combat marine captain and Department of Defense civilian in Iraq starting in 2004 and until September a political officer in the Foreign Service stationed in Afghanistan is giving some consternation to President Obama’s advisors as the Commander in ...
Matthew Hoh: ‘I Firmly Believe That We Are Taking Part In A Civil War’ In Afghanistan — Think Progress
Last week, former Marine captain and State Department employee Matthew Hoh made headlines when he went public with his resignation from the administration over his opposition to the continuation of the war in Afghanistan. In a four-page letter he sent to the State Department, he explained his ...