the troops went in, they brought in all the civilian folks, focus from the state department, government in a box type of thing. they should have left it in a box. are we going to see the same promises attempted to be made about canakandahar. there s a difference because kandahar already has a government in place. how well it works is another question. but that government essentially led by president karzai s brother ahmed wally karzai who you know, the u.s. once targeted at least to be marginalized if not arrested or even killed because is he alleged to be involved up to his elbows in corruption and perhaps even helping facilitate drug running in the country. but now, the u.s. is taking a different tact in terms of almost embracing wally karzai because what the u.s. commanders realized is first of all, they cannot succeed in kandahar and the rest of the country without