Yes, sir, I would say that's a fair statement. There's been roughly a 40% increase in the last year in the number of troops on the ground. That includes both NATO troops and Afghan security forces. That 40% increase has meant that we're now getting into areas that we were not able to get into. In fact, that was the point behind the whole surge: the need to get into areas in which we had not had an enduring presence. For a counter-insurgency strategy to be successful, you have to not just take the ground but hold it for a long-term period, in order for the population to gain the confidence that you're actually going to be there in the long term to protect them.
The initiatives that we have started to see over the last year have meant that the troops are actually getting out into the field. They're living amongst the people, both Afghans and NATO forces, and that's starting to have an impact, but of course the violence level was bound to go up because we've gone into areas that we hadn't been in before.