I'd like to go back to securing the civilian population, as you put it. I know you personally had a lot of close contact with them in your time there.
People are concerned. People talk about how the Afghans are lukewarm to us or don't want us there. There is that sort of attitude. Is it that, or are they being prudently cautious because if we don't stay--when I say “we”, I mean the broader we, not just Canadians--and the Taliban return, they will want to have hedged their bets on where their support is? Does that go back to the basic premise of boots on the ground and having enough people there to stay long enough to secure the confidence of the population for a longer term?