jaets jonny walker whose real name we're going to keep a secret.the book joins me now. great to have you here. johnny, i find your story, it's like something that someone would write for fiction. but it's a true story. you were recruited to be an interpreter and help american troops. and i just wonder, as an iraq eand as a muslim, was that a little unnerving for you at the beginning? if some of your fellow citizens found out, they might decide to turn on you? >> at the beginning, there is no kind of normal things when you work with americans. like a huge honor, huge proud to work with them in the beginning. after a few years, things became changed and anyone who worked with america became a target. >> how did you learn english? one of the reasons they wanted you, you could speak english, the language in iraq, and they wanted to make sure when they were talking to iraqis, that the right things were being said. how did you learn how to understand and speak english? >> what is cool and cowboy movies. >> big john wayne. >> you learned to talk like john