Here's the money sentence of his resignation letter, but if there is any justice this entire letter will become an American state paper:
You owe it to Americans risking their lives to read and heed the words of this Marine veteran.
Even if you disagree with his conclusion, you should have the intellectual honesty to rebut his arguments before you dismiss them.
I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is, truly, a 35-year old civil war.
You owe it to Americans risking their lives to read and heed the words of this Marine veteran.
Even if you disagree with his conclusion, you should have the intellectual honesty to rebut his arguments before you dismiss them.
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That being said, when is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton going to protest Matthew's last name? ;-)