Well, I mean, this touches on the question of a niche role for Canada, independent of the U.S.
I was struck by your remarks on the role of the U.S. The U.S. was instrumental in engineering the CPA, and you said that it was a bad thing, that it should have been engineered on a multilateral basis. You hinted that perhaps it wasn't in the interest of Africa as a whole for separation to occur in a large country within Africa. Certainly Mbeki himself is on record as saying that he wants unity, because most African countries, not all of them, but most, don't want to set that precedent.
Are you saying that the U.S. has played a counterproductive role by actively encouraging the separation? The sub-question is whether you think independence for the south is going to be dysfunctional.