militias, are proving to be extremely effective. why? well, because special forces selects the heeders of these organizations the leaders of these organizations based on their ability to lead and fight, not on their allegiance to karzai. so these are very effective. in addition, remember, we re pulling out of wardak next year. to leave something behind that s going to be lasting, the best choice is to pick militias who live in the village and are likely to stay there and remain loyal to their village chief even if the central government s authority over wardak begins to fray in the years ahead. so this is an american investment that we have paid for, and so far at least seems to be working well which makes it so strange that karzai has turned on american special forces in wardak in order to try the get the alp out. jenna: it doesn t sound strange if what you said is true, which is that he doesn t necessarily like these guys countering his power many government or the power of those t