During my year with CSTC-A, if I can comment on the first question quickly and then move on to the second one, the big thing that was missing for us was enough resources. General Thompson talked about that. I think the influx of U.S. troops will allow CSTC-A, for sure, to better deliver its mandate. It has been an operation that was second in priority for the U.S. when it comes to Iraq. We were very deficient on police mentors and were not able to get enough of the police mentors squared away. I think an influx of U.S. troops will really help with that particular issue.
The challenge that faces the ANA is no longer the production of combat units. They're quite good at that. What I spent a lot of my time doing was building systems--logistics systems, medical systems, and legal systems. We spend a lot of time and we have Canadian and U.S. officers working with their legal branch. None of those officers have legal training; we are almost starting from scratch. The law of armed conflict, human rights, and the like are things the Afghan seniors take very seriously. I worked with their equivalent of the JAG and the deputy minister to start a training plan. We're in very early days with that.
My experience with Afghan generals was that if there was a problem that was reported from the field, we would go to investigate immediately, and they would take it seriously. But to inculcate it amongst all of the Afghan troops will be a work-in-progress over the next several years.