Yes, and I would hope that is not the way our report is read by anyone, because we've tried very hard to emphasize that this is an opportunity. When I was foreign minister we were then first talking about the three-D approach, that you have diplomacy and development as well as defence.
We can't win it militarily. We could lose it militarily, however. So we can't send the Salvation Army in; we have to send the Canadian army in. And they have to be equipped, capable, and able to do the job. But if that's all we do, you're right, this will not end happily. It will end in an awkward way and in a disappointing way.
What we've tried to say is that for the safety and security of our forces.... Nobody likes to take casualties, not that we should be afraid of taking casualties. But this is a tough place, and I would not like us to think that Canada does only the easy jobs in the world, that we go only to places where we can dispense aid and then take our vacation on the weekends off. This is a tough, tough environment.
But these are human beings who live there who we're trying to help. So we need the security. We need the ability to move our troops around so that they're safer, which is why we talked about helicopters. We need to be able to see what the insurgents are doing on the ground, which is why the drones are so important. These are all valuable tools to improve the security situation. But goodness, if we forget the fact that we're there to improve people's lives, to give them a government that can look after them when we're gone, then really we're wasting our time.