Different Afghan Scenarios Studied In Pentagon War Game
October 26 2009
The Pentagon ran a secret war game this month to evaluate two prime U.S. military options being considered for Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.
The exercise was part of a broad strategic review of the war strategy that the Obama administration launched in late September.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tested the potential outcome of inserting 44,000 more troops into the country as part of a full-scale counterinsurgency effort, as well as the...
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