CMBN is actually finished and they are working on modules. They can't release the game until they reach the planned date on their calendar, so we have to wait until then.
He's always said that. If you can make a beach landing scenario with what you are given, then knock yourself out. But they aren't going to give us landing craft or anything else specifically needed for a beach landing scenario.
He also said the whole game was nearly done in December of 2009. Don't you understand by now that Steve's concept of "nearly done" is not the same as everyone else's?