--like the recent elections in the United States, although we've been watching them very closely.... I must say that meeting the current Prime Minister, Aziz, and getting his read on what was happening in the country, particularly around the border, was extremely helpful. I must say I was very impressed with his knowledge, his commitment, and his passion for those issues, and his forthrightness in recognizing that they were going to do more and were prepared to do more. But his openness to assistance from Canada and NATO allies in addressing what they know and recognize is clearly a soft underbelly when it comes to the effort to deal with insurgents and to deal with the Taliban more directly....
I wouldn't put too close an analogy on this, but the unfortunate thing is it's not all Pashtuns who are Taliban, just as it's not all Tamils who are Tamil Tigers. There's a clear division between peace-loving people in Pakistan and those who are partaking of the Taliban insurgency. So the political players inside that country are all intimately aware of the fact that there has to be more done. They are looking for greater assistance in techniques and technologies that can be employed at the border. I know that the offer that was extended in Halifax to the Prime Minister was quickly embraced, and I hope to follow up on that with him quickly, and perhaps at that time also receive further information--to get back to Ms. Black's question--about what they're doing and what progress has been made.