I think they are, but you're just not seeing it because of our focus in one certain area. For the people in Kandahar, we need to be able to provide that basic security first so that they're confident enough to be able to do that. These are people who have been run over by the forces of history multiple times in the last 35 years. The ones in Kandahar, Helmand, and those areas are not going to commit until they're pretty sure we can keep them safe. In the rest of the country, they have committed. I stood on election day last September 18 and watched people line up for over two hours in the hot sun to vote. It was pretty impressive.
On October 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.