I don't believe our soldiers question why they're there, but I believe many Canadians question why they're there. If Canadian will is not firm in saying we should be there and for this reason, then the impact on the soldiers can be significant. I use that as an opportunity to express something here.
The soldiers will do what is required. They'll take the knocks from this mission, casualties and everything included. The fact that there's a legitimate political debate going on about what a nation should do is not a problem. They're not worried about that. They can discern the difference between that legitimate political debate in terms of genuinely asking should we or should we not be there, and what they will perceive as the unwillingness, frankly, to stay the course and to do the hard things.