Posts tagged “afghan”

Before you listen to Obama on Afghanistan, listen to this

Keith Olberman's Special Comment on the escalation of war in Afghanistan


Watch this and consider this Afghan proverb tweeted by Katrina vanden Heuvel today:

You have the watches, we have the time.Katrina vanden Heuvel (@KatrinaNation)
Editor and Publisher, The Nation

Then, you should fax the White House and tell them to stop this insane escalation of a war we cannot win.

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Quotable: Matthew Hoh

[American families] must be reassured their dead have sacrificed for a purpose worthy of futures lost, love vanished, and promised dreams unkept. I have lost confidence such assurances can be made any more.Matthew Hoh
Former Senior Civilian U.S. Representative in Afghanistan

This is a must-read article for anyone seeking to understand the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. It delves into the resignation of Matthew Hoh, the Senior Civilian Representative of the United States in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Hoh’s letter of resignation (PDF) is a striking condemnation of the war in Afghanistan from a highly regarded veteran of both the conflict there and Iraq and his words are rattling the administration, at least as far up as Richard Holbrooke. We can only hope Obama is shaken, too. But as Hoh said, “I’m not some peacenik, pot-smoking hippie who wants everyone to be in love…there are plenty of dudes who need to be killed…I was never more happy than when our Iraq team whacked a bunch of guys.”

He is quite an interesting fellow and this is definitely worth the read.

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