"Development and security go hand in hand," MacKay told the crowd in his home province. "Without security, there can be no humanitarian aid or assistance, no reconstruction, no democratic development."**********
"To suggest, as some have, that we can do one without the other is nothing short of pure folly and, in fact, it's dangerous."
STUFF LIBERALS IGNORE:
"Improvements in medical care since the Taliban fell five years ago have led to a marked decrease in Afghanistan's infant mortality rates - 40,000 fewer infant deaths a year."*