I think your question is very important, and as a military officer I can say it weighs on us all heavily as we conduct operations to ensure the safety and security of Afghans. I might suggest that from a NATO perspective you ask General Henault, as he comes forward, to address that issue.
Certainly from a Canadian perspective and our feedback to NATO, none of us want to see this occur. One of the difficulties we have, as I've explained, is when the Taliban decide to engage Canadian Forces, engage any of the coalition forces, and then embed themselves around civilians, extreme caution has to be used.
I cannot address the air force issues. Canadian Forces don't have fighter aircraft in the region. But I know that our land forces have actually broken off engagements in the Zhari-Panjwai area for that exact reason.