Bam is defending the Stans as we speak

Despite the likes of Herr Limbo there are not 40,000 US troops to be had because Bam is still mired in a war of adventurism, however, the former Sen. Max Cleland described to Stephanie Miller how the "anvil and hammer" strategy for the region is evolving.



Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan
Additional Deployments Not Announced and Rarely Noted

By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized -- and the Pentagon is deploying -- at least 13,000 troops beyond that number, according to defense officials...