Hi John,
Totally agree! One of the things in those interviews that I found fascinating was the, hmmm, let's call it "style of perceiving", that the other interviewuus had. Sometimes based on common experience (e.g. military to military), and other times based on a questioning attitude (e.g. "tell me what you think is wrong, why and how to fix it). They key difference was that the first person I mentioned "knew" his way of doing things was better, while the others wanted to solve the problems with the Iraqi's they were working with.
Cheers,
Marc