The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.
We're probably going to see some post-2014 military presence - some U.S. presence and a NATO presence - and while we've got much work to do in the next 29 months, we'll have additional time later for the continued professionalization of the Afghan security forces.

