thing. is it really america's role to transform a culture. if afghans want to transform their own culture that is their right and that's their jurisdiction. for us to come in and sort of have this idea of super imposing western institutions on afghanistan. for example, we tried, we supported a very centralized presidential system which was not ideal for afghanistan because it's a very divided society along ethnic, religious and linguistic lines. impose a western style modern legal system with judges and courts in the american image. a lot of afghans have a long standing preference for