I would like to speak to you about the Strategic Advisory Team, the SAT. You have a worthy objective, but the SAT also has its say and it has the ear of the President Karzaï. Canada wants to rebuild the country, but sooner or later, the fact that the president is advised by a military team will create a democratic inconsistency, even if it could be justified at the outset due to the fact that we could count almost only on the military for restoring the country. That being said, I place my trust in you.
Are we creating a democratic inconsistency? Are you thinking of asking that the president be surrounded by a team of Canadian civilians rather than by a military team? Perhaps the time has come to look closely at this question.