But the intention is there, and that is something that will be warmly welcomed by Western countries needing to assure their publics that this is not a warwithoutend.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday the war in Afghanistan was not a "war withoutend" but stressed the need for a "clear political strategy" so as not to leave a "vacuum which the Taliban will quickly fill".
He compared that kind of nationwide upping of security to what happened during World War II, though without any indication that this was a war that could ever end.