let's bring in phyllis bennis now she is with the institute for policy studies in washington d.c. she's written extensively on afghanistan phyllis it's good to have you on the program but we're always trying to find a positive in the narrative about afghanistan now that we have this power sharing agreement with the 2 presidents if you will. do you think that's a reason for hope moving forward. well it's certainly better than the alternative which seem to be fighting between the 2 contending groupings but the reality is that the afghan government does not control most of the country whoever is the president or in this case co-presidents or whatever they're going to call themselves i think that we're dealing with the legacy of 40 years or more of foreign occupation 'd of sanctions of war on an already impoverished country and if we look at what the impact has been it's it's been horrific you know the notion of debating should the u.s. pull out what if the u.s. troops pull out the problem is that the u.s. troops being there and the coalition troops supporting them being there has not