In identifying those potential missions and the strategic line of communication, is this so crucial that if you don't have it in place you may not necessarily be able to respond the way the government of the day might like?
We can ask for anything, but you can only deliver what you can deliver. I thought it was interesting when you said you must not put demands on the local economy. I never thought of that. It never crossed my mind. That's assuming there's any kind of a going economy where you're headed anyway. I appreciate your mentioning that.
But anyway, coming back to your preparation, do you ever have to tell your political masters that you can't do it quite that way, because you're not able to sustain it, and if you're not able to sustain it, you don't want to start it? Or do you sometimes have to tell them that you can't go there quite as quickly as they'd like?
How relevant is this strategic line of communication to your ability to mount a response? Does it need to be there before you can go, or do you go no matter what and then figure out how you're going to get that strategic line of communication in place to support the mission?