750,000 of them had volunteered to join us in preventing al-qaeda from gaining a toe hold in me mesopotamiak at that as a positive outcome. and unfortunately, contractors could have done with more effectively with military people, training and mentoring and buildup of the iraqi security forces. >> clayton: you look at the future and people say it's murky there, and you pointed out the contractors there, that are currently carrying guns and doing the training there. it's uncertain to say that we're not going to have troops there? that's the way it looks right now, but when we come to the table the next time, colonel, what do you see happening? >> i see what's going to have to happen. it's going to be a continued negotiation with iraqi government. you know, we brought something special to that part of the world. it's something they've never seen before. it's an arab, democratically elected representative government. and all of a sudden, it doesn't dance to the beat of our tune and somehow, that's not a success, and i regard to to be a positive sign and i also believe that a good mandarin chie