But the question is, was it prudent, knowing what you know now that the calls are becoming more frequent for the quota or the 15% to be filled? Under the circumstances—I'm not asking you to second-guess people on the ground, but as an independent observer sitting far away—would it be prudent to go into the kind of dangerous combat we are in, in southern Afghanistan, without the full contingent?
On September 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.