Francine Lalonde at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 13th, 2007 / 9:30 a.m.

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Francine Lalonde Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC

I am sharing my time with Ms. Barbot, but I have another small question.

The counter-insurgency aspect somewhat complicates things. One general stated that if the Afghans do not soon see the fruits of the reconstruction effort, 70% of them will move to the side of the Taliban.

What is your view?

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