The question is whether or not the institutional capacity is there. Given the low turnout before and given 17 days to go--and I don't disagree with Taliban threats--in fact it really raises the question of legitimacy of the election process and whether or not the government, which is already viewed in some quarters as questionable, will in fact be able to survive this. And then it's contingent upon...which really is my second question, Minister. The Institute for the Study of War released a report in September of this year that indicated that what will happen with the election will depend on whether or not the United States may or may not add additional forces in Afghanistan and whether or not they even view whatever the results are as being legitimate enough to put in American soldiers. Could you comment on that?
On October 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.