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October 26, 2009

Pentagon Conducts Afghan War Games
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The Washington Post is reporting the Pentagon’s top military officer
recently oversaw a secret war game to evaluate ways to expand the war in
Afghanistan. The exercise, led by Adm. Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, examined the likely outcome of inserting 44,000 more
troops into Afghanistan to conduct a full-scale counterinsurgency
effort. It also examined adding 10,000 to 15,000 more soldiers and
Marines as part of an approach that the military has dubbed
“counterterrorism plus.”



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