American Failure in Afghanistan
My views on the US occupation of Afghanistan and why America will fail are well-known to regular readers. To my surprise, my views are shared by many a foreign policy expert and other opinion makers as has been evidenced in numerous B-side posts published and shown here that also criticise the US role in Afghanistan. Indeed in November’s B-side Matthew Hoh takes the centre stage via his resignation letter which is discussed for it offers an insight into the American experience as Hoh is an American with frontline experience of the US role in Afghanistan.
More recently an interview with Matthew Hoh on Al Jazeera has become available and it is necessary viewing as it pinpoints the failure of the US and is criticism from no armchair analyst or armchair general. Rather they are the true words of a passionate American who has served in that arena that is called the graveyard of empires and deserve to be heard and heeded (are you listening Celebrity Obama?). The interview is shown below:
