Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much, Mr. Fuller, for coming here from the west of Canada. I know it's a long trip, because I do it every week, as does my colleague Mr. Dosanjh. We appreciate it that you came. You've given us a different insight and some provocative things to think about.
I'm particularly interested in what you said about the area and the countries surrounding Afghanistan--Pakistan and Iran. I wonder if you believe it's possible to find a peaceful solution to the war in Afghanistan without the involvement in the buy-in by those neighbouring countries. I quite doubt it myself.
The other thing I wanted to ask you about it is the issue of the marines who have now come down to the south, an additional 3,000 troops, to do some kind of a surge similar to what they did in Iraq. I'm wondering what you think about that kind of a surge that is happening right now, and whether you think this kind of effort will work in the long term, because I think we do have to look at the long term there, as you said.
I'm also curious about whether you have any information to share with us about the ISAF mission and the Operation Enduring Freedom mission, which is going on at the same time. I understand there are 8,000 to 10,000 American troops in Afghanistan now that are not part of the ISAF mission. I'm wondering if you have anything you could share with us about how those two quite separate missions interact, whether you know of any problems and communications between the two, or any other information you could share with us.