There is almost always a spring offensive of some sort. The winter in Afghanistan is pretty severe. They get a lot of snow, it's cold, and then the rains come and things bog down. So historically, they pull back into the mountains and they regroup. That happens to be the time when we expand our influence as much as we absolutely can and when they try to come back and influence themselves. We like to limit their ability to move. We like to limit their ability to conduct operations, and with each year, as I mentioned earlier, the circle in which they can operate is getting smaller. That's obviously the space we want to be in.
On February 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.