overseas contingency funding bill of the pentagon, theyar are spending 49 plus 17 in base support for their efforts in afghanistan and it's wrong and it's much cheaper way to do that for all the talk about pakistan abusing the united states. it's true. but because of the pentagon's very thirsty, very hungry footprint we can never actually choke off pakistan because they cany choke off our supply line. the president should appoint a special presidential envoy effectively a bankruptcy trustee.us the president understands how to restructure basically bankrupt failing situations. he needs to do that in this situation, give that envoy the title 50 authorities just like the cia had when they went into afghanistan after 9/11 and work this thing out. now, there is a new commander going in who is aut guy with a special operations background. that is a very good step. but the president can bolster that and have someone, one person that reports to him to unify the