I will just briefly add to that. I agree, of course, with Colonel Martin's testimony, as well as his answer. I would only say that for me this isn't about politics, although the situation is intensely political. This is about saving human lives, and as an international human rights lawyer, I have one standard that I apply when I look at the facts of the situation. Is the Government of Iraq complying with its obligations under treaties they've signed and under customary international law? The answer is clearly and unequivocally no.
So then the question becomes, okay, what can we do about it to try to improve the situation, given the limits of international law and the challenges of enforcing the treaty and customary international law obligations on Iraq? Ultimately, it has to start with the political will of particularly the United States, but the Government of Canada and other humanitarian-oriented governments are in a position to speak out about what's going on, to call out Nouri al-Maliki about what's going on, and also to hold Iran to account.
To my mind, all of this comes back to Iran, and all of this comes back to the engagement that the international community is currently having with Iran on its nuclear program. The reality, in my view, is that it is not an accident that the international community is being silent or is de-emphasizing this issue right now, because to emphasize this issue is to go at something that we in the international community know is of great importance to the mullahs in Tehran. They despise this group, and they make them their mortal enemy, because they stand for the separation of mosque and state and for a view of Islam that—