dr. abdullah could be turned into a prime minister like position is one of the ideas floated. some people have wondered if the limit on two terms for a given president might be relaxed, and this conjures up images of mr. burton in russia -- putin in russia. you can comment on that or not as you wish. on many of those topics, everything sort of seems to be behind agile. is that a flaw, or is that just the way it is? do people just keep finding their way towards eventual consensus or some type of cap must, and that is the best we can hope for? cunningham: i don't think it is a fatal flaw. little one has to be a humble about imposing frameworks or imposing is the wrong word. viewing frameworks and intentions as deadlines. that is the way we are used to running our society. that does not always work so well, even for us. more importantly, this is a completely new situation for the afghans. they have never been through anything like this. the most important thing for them politically is to maintain a degree of a little consensus and cohesion around certain central propositions. it