The commitment of those Chinooks to that mission is by far the most significant force multiplier to that mission. I was in the Congo with U.S. special forces going after Joseph Kony. We knew where he was, with the Lord's Resistance Army and so on, but we couldn't get there because we didn't have the lift. We have 15 of those now. I was always a strong proponent for the Chinooks. That, in my opinion, at this time, looking at what we can do, plus the Entebbe strategic lift capability, are perfect.
You're meeting a critical operational requirement, and on top of that you're also doing medevacs. My soldiers had no medevac. The only thing they knew was that if they could hear a Hercules land under fire, they had a chance of surviving. Some didn't, because the Hercules didn't....
Those who are there will have a chance, because that Chinook and those helicopters will be able to get in and save them. That, for a force commander, or any commander, is an overriding factor.