Welcome to the committee, all of you.
From time to time, all the expert witnesses who have come to the committee so far point to a lack of focus and also a lack of resources, both on the military side and on all other fronts.
Is it because NATO and the western world just don't have the commitment to do a good job in Afghanistan?
I think the major problem we have right now in Afghanistan is that there's no commitment at all for NATO to do a good job there, as compared with what we have done in Bosnia or in the former Yugoslavia.
Because of the lack of commitment, it is impossible for them to have a winning situation, and this is why they're afraid to be transparent, to be open to debate. They just want to mess around with the process and try to drag it along and eventually they give up.
I wish the expert witnesses today would give some answers along that perspective.
Thank you.