have to take into account. >> let me turn to afghanistan. i've written that i think this book is the best guide to the policy choices that we face in afghanistan. we now have president obama's announcement of what his afghanistan pakistan strategy will be after a review process of several months and i want to put you on the spot a little bit and ask you to comment on that policy with this preface. to me as an observer it seems as if the president is leaning in two directions at once. you talk in your book about an enemy centric strategy that would focus on al qaeda in afghanistan and a population centric strategy that would get you more into nation-building area. and i've been trying ever since the president's speech to figure