Mr. Speaker, I want to be clear on this. The Americans have not indicated that they were in a position to be a rapid reaction force.
The financial implications of it will have to be discussed at a later date. There was some urgency to pass the resolution at the United Nations and in order to ensure that the resolution would be passed it was decided to postpone the financial implications to a later date.
The Americans, although they have not indicated that they would be participating, have not ruled out the possibility of financing part of it as they have done in the past.