We're such good friends—all true. It's a truly amazing spectacle.
Thank you, Mr. Fuller.
Let me get to the question, sir. If the Taliban are a nationalist movement—and those are your words—and not primarily terrorist, although they did harbour terrorists, and if they are serving Pashtun nationalism, which is transborder, is one implication of what you're saying that any attempt to create a national state out of Kabul with Pashtun support is destined to fail?
As I understand the Canadian strategy in Afghanistan, it is to create a national government in Kabul with the support of the Pashtuns. You appear to be saying this is a delusionary dream—that is, that Pashtun nationalism will always resist the creation of a central state—and that therefore Canada is supporting a political goal that can't be achieved.
Is that the sense of your testimony?