Yes, I do. I think it serves our national interest to try to pacify...to help to pacify that region.
With Iran with nuclear weapons, with Pakistan with nuclear weapons, with the Taliban crossing the Afghan-Pakistan border as freely as they do, this is a very serious concern to us as a member of the world community--to us, who are worried about a region that is critical, that can explode, that can lead to a global war if we're not careful. That has to be a concern to us.
Sure, we're in Afghanistan for other reasons. We went in first because of al-Qaeda. We do have substantial concerns about the human rights of people in Afghanistan. We dislike chaos and terrorism, and we should, and do, try to combat them. But I think we need to see the big picture as well. The big picture is scary people with nuclear weapons. That has to be a concern to us.