many e-mails from guys in Afghanistan . Some are people I know . But a lot are people I do not know . Men and women who are saying , ` Thanks for doing this . Keep it up . We do n't know why we 're here . We 're not sure why we 're taking these casualties . We do n't know what it 's accomplishing . ' '' In his letter , the senior civilian representative in Zabul Province , Afghanistan , said he was resigning because `` I fail to see the value or worth in continued U.S. casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is , truly , a 35-year-old civil war . '' He concluded the letter by saying that he had `` lost confidence '' that the `` dead have sacrificed for a purpose worthy of futures lost , love vanished and promised dreams unkept . '' `` I believe that the people we are fighting there are fighting us because we are occupying them , '' Hoh told CNN earlier this week . `` Not for any ideological reasons , not because of any links to
Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A State Department employee who resigned last month in protest over America 's war in Afghanistan said Friday he has received an outpouring of support from Afghan-Americans and U.S. active-duty military . `` I 've had a lot of Afghan-Americans contact me and say , ` Matt , you get it , ' '' Matthew Hoh told CNN . `` You understand -- yes , there is a civil war going on . You understand how Afghan society works . You understand this split within the Pashtuns . You understand valley-ism , or whatever you want to call it . '' The 36-year-old former Marine Corps captain resigned on September 10 over what he termed a `` cavalier , politically expedient and Pollyannaish misadventure . '' Since then , even active-duty military have supported his decision , he said on CNN 's `` Fareed Zakaria GPS , '' scheduled to air at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on CNN . `` I have received many many e-mails from active-duty military and some guys who just separated from the service , '' Hoh said . `` Some guys are here in the States . I 've gotten