If there was a Crisis in That Part of the world - as there might well be - the U.S. Army would not have time in which to allow him to get through.
There could have been a Crisis in That Part of the industry.
In a sense, my hon. Friend makes the point that I was moving towards in my answers to some of the earlier questions: an escalation of the Crisis in That Part of the world will serve only the men and women of violence on both sides.