Thank you, General, once again, for being with us.
Talking about the Route Summit, or ambush alley, as it's called in the newspapers, you've given us some information that is at variance with what was reported in the Ottawa Citizen today. It says that Afghan army personnel have gone home due to Ramadan or other reasons, that they have been at it for a long time and they need to leave at some point, and that construction work has been halted for security reasons. In fact, one of the officers has been quoted as saying, “What they are doing now is preventing outright defeat”.
I would like you to explain that comment. What does that say to you? Is the Ottawa Citizen article totally incorrect today?