[Marina]

Minor quibble. Mr. Hoh is not a Foreign Service Officer. He was four months in on a one-year contract as a direct-hire for DoS in Astan. The WaPo headline was eye-catching but untrue. Hoh didn't end a career in the FS to protest policy. He will likely advance his future career prospects - outside the State Dept - by speaking truth to power.

Hoh is a hero for his service as a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq.

His arguments support Obama's likely strategy to get out of Dodge. And Kerry-Lugar bill for mammoth civilian security assistance to Pakistan. If only the Pak military didn't so publicly resent strings attached.

I predict Mr. Hoh will soon make the rounds on cable and become a voice for the new Obama strategy.