and who may lose that chance under extremist rule. i m joined by the dean at johns hopkins school of international advanced international studies. and a former advisor at the state department. the u.s. has been trying to get the afghan government to sign this bilateral security agreement. for months hamid karzai has been outspoken against. do you think the upcoming election will change the fate of that agreement? there is hope that the new president in afghanistan will not have the political baggage that karzai has with the administration and the united states and with the elections behind them and no worry about the public backlash at the polls that they will feel free to sign this deal with the united states. and do you think if this agreement isn t signed that afghan forces can survive on their own at this point? are they independent enough? well, without this deal it is very difficult to have american troops on the ground because american troops require immunity on their la
reason for us to worry about what they have in mind for the future of afghanistan. it is a troubling future indeed for both america and for afghans. thank you so much. former advisor to the state department and to representative richard holbrooke and the dean at johns hopkins school of international studies. an important subject for all of us. on the program next, it may have been the act of violent alienated individual. but it s united a gender. after santa barbara, why are so many women saying yes, all women. find out up next. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we ve made our passions our life s work. we strive for the moments where we can say, i did it! we are entrepreneurs who started it all. with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses,