Can I add a point to that?
I agree, and I don't think talking about Canadian casualties as a measure of success or what we're doing is all that useful either.
The research staff here might actually be able to go and find out how many members of the Canadian Forces have been killed in accidents, training accidents, and so on, from 2001 until now. I would wager they're up there close to the numbers who have been killed in operations in Afghanistan. That's not to diminish them or anything but to put it in some sort of perspective. You will recall that a month ago or so, three members of the Canadian Forces were killed in a helicopter crash. This goes on much more often than people think.
But I guess the general point of recommendation for the House of Commons is that they not, again, with respect, try to set national policy one battle at a time. This is a long, drawn-out effort. We're going to win some; we're going to lose some. In the end, with our allies and with the Afghan people, I think we'll succeed, but we can't do it one headline and one battle at a time.