I would like to turn to some of the questions that Mr. Rae had. I asked Mr. Manley when he was in front of the committee, before the motion passed, a question around how the command and control will work with the American troops. I had predicted at the time that we would have the American troops as a complement to the 1,000. I think that was fairly well-known. We now have the French moving to the east, so the Americans are freed up to the south.
My concern, General, is that when you look at the marines and the way they operate in the field, many would suggest it's very different from the way we operate in the field. They use air more than we and others do. Notwithstanding your explanation to Mr. Rae about how that works through the regional command, my concern is the effects it will have on our command and control. If they are indeed reliant on more use of air strikes than we are, what will the outcomes be vis-à-vis civilian deaths? We've seen civilian deaths go up in the last year. It has not been intentional, let me be clear, but that's been the outcome.
General, many of us want to know your best guess as to the effects on our troops with the Americans in the field. They'll be under ISAF and OEF, but it's my understanding--correct me if I'm wrong--that the ones under ISAF usually dance to their own drummer, and they usually don't take command from other countries, generals or anyone else in the field.