Nine years, and we haven't had successful elections. We haven't put a stop to any of these things. We haven't changed the culture. Madam Deschamps is correct. These are systemic, ingrained, cultural problems. They're not political. The abuse of children and the abuse of women is a cultural thing. It would take a huge change of government thinking in this country. I'm not so sure it's possible.
Our intervention has been in a fight with the Taliban, and I absolutely believe our forces conducted themselves in an exemplary fashion. But the rest of this is happening. Our troops are so-called “inside the wire”. They go outside of the wire for the patrols and what not, but they're removed from the society. You would have found that when you were there. I'm not so sure there's any way, especially in a short timeframe, to say we can accomplish this.
I think the international community has a responsibility to come up with some way of doing it, but I'm not so sure connecting it to our troops is a way to do it. Connecting it to aid and dollars may well have a stronger influence.