Robert D. Kaplan : (2) " The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it’s much bigger when you’re there. " - Robert D. Kaplan " The United States is not overdeployed or overextended with deployments in 150 countries on any given year. On any given week we have about 65 deployments. " - Robert D. Kaplan