afghan strategy. but there's a lot of things that have really upset the pakistanis about the u.s. the bin laden raid, there was a cia agent who killed pakistanis. so that the relationship has been tense on both sides. but the u.s. as they look at the future of our relationship in that region, the taliban has become incredibly central to that. you remember a couple of weeks ago there was a decision where the president basically expanded what american troops would be left in afghanistan. that was all about the taliban giving the american troops to go after not just al qaeda remnants but the taliban. politically it's much tougher when you move away from the military side and move to the political side there's no easy answer. >> the bush administration plagued by sharif allowing the taliban to hide in plain sight.