. >> i'm going to bring in this fareed zakari. we have heard reports of president obama and president karzai will be signing this memorandum of understanding. we've heard reports about this this significant pact that we now are hearing will be signed. which i think lot of americans don't realize even though the majority of our troops will be drawing down in 2014, it really extends for another decade that the united states will still have a presence there militarily, but also financially, as well. >> exactly. this this agreement is meant to deal with two issues, one is a lon te long term issue and a short term issue. the long term issue is that president obama has decided to drawdown troop mis-afghanistan. that led a lot of people to say, look, if you're going to drawdown troops, you're signaling to the taliban that you're getting out of there, that afghanistan is open game for them. usual signaling that the united states is gone. everyone need z to start making calculations based on the idea that there will be no miles per hour pr