As far as the improvement on the ground is concerned, I think that you'll find very few people today--and I've spoken to a number of people who've just come back from Afghanistan--who will say to you that the situation is improving. The types of riots in Kabul in the year 2006 have not been seen since 2001. The signs are there. There was an article in The New York Times just last Sunday, which mentioned just this, that the situation on the ground was very difficult now.
Should that prevent Canada from continuing with this commitment? I do not agree with that. I think we've taken the right approach, generally speaking. And I think that the extension of ISAF to the south is a good thing. It will probably make matters better. But is the situation improving today, in 2006? I don't think so. I must say I don't agree.