Thanks to Ted and all others who have posted to this site topic about Islam today in the Stans and in Russia, too.

Our Bham MOAA Chapter a year or two back had a Montgomery USAF Reserve unit C-130 pilot speak to us about flying into and working out of one of the Stans in support of Afghantisan ops. Very good talk with slides.

The practical educational benefit via this and many other topics here on SWJ are invaluable and I can say at least in my case in this specific instance will shortly be to the attention and more educated by these SWJ comments of our member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my friend Senator Jeff Sessions.

Keep up the good info which helps all from the lowest level in rank grunt in the field in SW Asia to our top policy makers in the US whether they be in Congress or the White House.