If I left you with that impression, then I misspoke. I would not support the deployment of a Canadian Forces element rapidly unless there were a real emergency, which I don't see over the horizon. That's first.
Second, what I would not do, because of the lesson we have learned at a very heavy price, is allow ourselves to return to a peacekeeping role or peacekeeping mentality or philosophy within the forces themselves. We have to maintain what we have acquired by way of combat experience and combat knowledge and combat maturity, making sure that we keep it on this particular level. In other words, if they can play in the NHL of combat—Afghanistan—they can meet any peacekeeping mission you can throw at them.
The reverse is not true. If we come down the scale of equipment, training, and expectation of our forces to become “good enough” for peacekeeping, if and when combat comes we are going to find them deficient. That is what we did when we first deployed in Afghanistan: as equipment we had the old Iltis. It was not so much weapons, but in some cases it was equipment that was not sufficiently armoured and so on, and our soldiers were untested in battle. I'm not suggesting we go to battle, but I'm suggesting that we up the level of intensity so that they'll be prepared to respond to the worst case....