throughout this campaign in afghanistan, which is a ministerial lack of urgency, lack of understanding of the need to put as much effort as quickly as possible behind decision—making, behind gaining resources and support for the fighting. it's crucial, in many cases, in battle, in a conflict situation. they expect our soldiers to do that yet somehow, very often, ministers themselves don't do the same thing. why do you think that is, colonel? is it's something that's developed more recently or not? i think it is, because certainly in recent generations, we've got very few politicians and even fewer political leaders who have had military experience, who have experienced conflict first hand and understand the necessities, the need for rapid, as churchill would call it, action this day.