Mr. Speaker, the member speaks of an exit strategy. That is a major concern for me.
If the member wants to compare it to Vietnam, he can of course see that the height of political interference into a commitment made by their country impacting directly on the military. The military could not do the job it was assigned to do because of the very political interference that we hope to avoid here. If the military is assigned to do a job, it should be given a certain amount of freedom to accomplish that particular job and make sure that it is done effectively.
For Canadian troops to enter into some sort of a zone where there is a threat to them, unfortunately we do not have the capability of extraction. We have to rely very much on the presence of our allies to do that. I would suggest that there would be a need for a lot of support by our allies to put Canada in a role that would be most suitable for them.