Focus our study

I was thinking something like:

Canada's mission in Afghanistan plays an important role in improving Canada-US relations. Should Harper's decision to withdraw by 2014 be influenced by our neighbor, considering the important role they play in our economy, defense and foreign policy in general.

1. Strongly Agree 2. Somewhat Agree 3. Neutral 4. Somewhat Disagree 5. Strongly Disagree

I'm not sure if this takes it away from the direction you guys were thinking but I thought it was an interesting viewpoint.