but for some time even the practice he engaged in, but to a man of his instincts his intelligence, pashtuns, ayn gee the tedium of law had began to wear thin. the days of weeks of traveling on the circuit, boarding at crowded and inhospitable ins, the routine cases he handled, the boundary disputes, family quarrels, business squabbles, portended a life of drudgery. aside from the boston massacre, john's practice involved the daily disputes that made up the domestic lives of colonial americans. he longed for something greater. he wrote turley on his 37th birthday in 1772, the more than half of his days had run out and that the remainder of my days i show weatherby-- and yet i have my own and my children's fortunes to make. he hoped he wrote another time to provide for his children the foundation for a happier life then has fallen to my share. john had become bored if not disenchanted with his life as a lawyer in massachusetts. he continued its pursuits as his duty to provide for his family. and now, unforeseen by him and everyone else, he was running in revolution. his spirits pour refi, his

one of the most dangerous things we face in afghanistan, particularly with the afghan people, the pashtun, most likely. that is a way to lose their faith and support, and that would be strategically decisive against the spirit -- against us. my intent, if confirmed, is to review all of our tactical objectives and get all our forces with the goal of not putting ourselves in a position except when we have to protect americ or collision afghan forces' actual survival from positions where recreate civilian casualties. abizaid as you know, from the chaos of war, -- i want to say that as you know, from the chaos of war, you cannot say always or ever. but it is critical. >> to attack and disrupt the taliban and other elements there, and to minimize casualties, is the use of technology. do you need more? >> i have never had enough, and i cannot envision a day work i will say an operation i am involved in has enough. that said, there is a significant increase in afghanistan, and by the end of this year it will be significantly more. but every time you get more isr, you get more precision. every ti

it's either punjabis or pashtuns, whatever their identity is, tribal identity and the muslim and then pakistani. so you see the tears of identity. so in that sense, the idea of pakistan has never really taken root amongst the civilization, the population. >> host: yet when british india was partitioned in 47 coming into two states, now three, bangladesh of course spun off in 71, but you look at india that just finished a month of immense elections except for a brief interlude in the emergency rule the democracy in india has never been interrupted and have a military coup. it's worked. and yet pakistan has had at least four military coups, several attempted, disrupted elections. what's the difference? >> guest: no government in pakistan has fulfilled its term and that is crucial -- the institutions have never successfully taken root. the politics of u.s. relations with pakistan have also always been based on personalities and if we look at post 9/11 it was based on president musharraf and at the expense of civil institutions, and so you see now the country wants those institutions to d

but, think there are many of us that are pashtun down the side about getting it right. there seems to be a difference on comparative effectiveness that maybe we can close that gap, but it took us a day and then have to get there to realize that comment that is where we are. there are other issues that may take that long, but i urge the chair, don't cut the debate short, because this is a debate we are having for the american people. i thank the chair. >> any further comments from my colleagues? it is noon and unless there are other amendments to be offered, mike, let me say to you here that we will set a new time for the cbo meeting and we will also and consultation work with you to set a new filing deadline in light of the-- >> could i just say something about cutting the debate short? we spent all week on this. we have got a lot done. mostly what we have gotten done is because of our willingness to accept amendments, and in many instances it is ben willingness based on

it became more complex in the northwest province because i didn't speak pashtun zero. i wanted to visit the taliban and swat that had taken over in the summer of 2007 shortly after the red tosk. they started a series of suicide bombings on the government and set up a sort of islamic state in swat. so to get there and needed a sort of introduction and there was a local journalist who said he could supply. he had my article from urdo that i had about ghazi thailands' and he said he seems like he is objective, you can bring him in. so i showed up in swat and took a public bus from islamabad into swat and met my friend and about two hours later we were supposed to need one of these taliban honchos and it was about a 5-mile trippi from the city to the spot on the side of the road we were to meet and this is where i will read. we had been driving a few minutes when my friend's phone rang and someone said you should be careful there is a taliban checkpoint between where you are and where you are meeting this guy. so, five flatbed trucks blocked the road as many as 50 with bla