And nobody is more motivated than the Afghans themselves. We heard this from a huge variety of political people--governors, leaders, and tribal council members. They believe they are and will soon be capable of taking the lead, and they want that role.
Many of them apologized to us for the loss and sacrifice of our own troops there to help them. They are highly motivated. They are a very proud and dedicated people, and they want to take control of their own country. They said to us, “We want you to be able to go home as soon as you can, and we are working as hard as we can to get up to speed so we can take the lead and be in charge”. When you're working with people like that who are so motivated and committed, you don't want to walk out on them until they're ready.