Two months ago, the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan warned his bosses that dealing with Hamid Karzai was not a good idea and that a "temporary" troop surge would only further our long-term involvement in the troubled area. He also doubted the ability of the Afghani police forces to take over in the future. This is just another argument against President Obama's troop surge, a bad idea for a region that is unused to a central government (Afghanistan is an area more used to tribal rule than central government), and is with one now that is unabashedly corrupt and silences critics through torture. This resignation letter, from a U.S. government civilian representative in Afghanistan, sums up the arguments most succinctly.
By: Justin Lynch
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