In terms of Pakistan, there is a lot of scope for more pressure to be placed on Pakistan. Of course, the actor that has the most scope in that regard is the United States. The United States is in the process of selling sophisticated fighter jets to the Pakistanis, and Pakistan is one of the biggest recipients of U.S. aid. Canada is also providing aid to Pakistan. There is a need for western countries whose troops are fighting and dying in the south of the country to use more diplomatic capital in relation to Islamabad.
I would also say that from recent sources I have spoken to, cross-border insurgent attacks on the Pakistani border have actually decreased somewhat in the last couple of months, so maybe that's an indication that Pakistan is starting to respond and to take a more serious line there.
In terms of what many people are calling the “Iraqization” of the Afghan insurgency, it is certainly occurring. When we see the sophisticated IED attacks, such as the attack a couple of weeks back that tragically killed so many Canadians in Kandahar, strategic experts are saying these are tactics that are being imported from Iraq. We are seeing this jihadi pipeline from Afghanistan to Iraq and a sort of cross-fertilization of terrorist tactics. It's a very disturbing phenomenon that certainly we'll have to keep an eye on.