It is, and I respect that, but on the one hand, General, we're there trying to fight insurgents, and Canadian blood has been shed. On the other hand, we have President Karzai, as we've been informed, negotiating with the same people who are killing Canadian men and women, and others as well.
Has there been any movement to sit with the legitimate Government of Afghanistan, as you described them, and say, let's map out a strategy of how to continue, if we are to continue engaging with these people? It has been suggested by other politicians as well—not I—that we should be speaking with these people. I reserve my comment on that, but it is happening.
Is there any kind of initiative to say, let's put a plan together; we either engage with them or we don't?
May I have your comments on that, from your 33 years of experience?