there was another scene of patriquin in action dealing with islam, a fascinating subject to patriquin. the sheikh introduced patriquin to a moderate, authentic sunni cleric in rah mad day. -- ramadi. they were discussing how they could all team up to expel the radical imams who had hijacked the mosques in the city. the cleric asked patriquin, what are you going to do, what are your ideas? do you have a plan? you came here in 2003, the americans did, and you had no plan. do you have one now? patriquin was very impressed by the dynamic clergyman, a former commando in the iran/iraq war, and he saw an example of mainstream, tolerant islam. he told the cleric, yes, we have a plan, we're working together with the sheikh to make it happen to free you from al-qaeda in the province and to free iraq from terror im. terrorism. the friendly conversation turned to religion, and patriquin said i respect islam as a religion. i respect muslims. i have worked with many muslims through my life and career. i have no problem with us ram whatsoever. al-qaeda is causing great confusion among the people by

patriquin was extraordinary. one baghdad for an interpreter said patriquin was above with iraqi addicted to the culture and obsessed he love the food, the people, everything about iraq and another interpreter tellme. >> iraqis can levy but they loved him. of magical personality andd trust will face his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to been p with them mustache suntan in dark skin he looked like anme arab. besides that hong its heart was connecting that when they sat down to e with captain patriquin you could tell he enjoyed bd with hitos hands and he said i will doe whatever i can't assure you i am a genuine he gave them the most honest picture the american military and thought he was the true american and at heart. and said my god nobody else to form a closer connection and they and travis did for they adored him. l saidmer iraqi genera americans have note appreciated the less than of what patriquin in his colleagues did.ld it was an absolute merck kaltbaum america has not learned the lesso

his name was travis patriquin. he was a u.s. army officer who volunteered to join the first wave of american soldiers to strike back at al qaeda in afghanistan after 9/11 and in 2006 using only his experience as a warrior with his knowledge of islam, his arabic language skills and his intense love for a arabic culture helped shape the course of the iraq war by helping iraqis crushed al qaeda in the capitol of the iraqi insurgency. and when he died they held him as an american murder. just before he died, he wrote dog's plan is unknown to us that there is a plan. i believe that with all of my being. and we are all a part of it. and sometimes i think to myself, you know, maybe he was right. thank you to the [applause] >> thank you. i have so many questions after hearing that. >> i have so many questions after hearing all of that. the first on is how does one go about winning hearts and minds? why is it so hard? you kept mentioning the mustache, is the key growing a good mustache? how do you replicate that sort of peacekeeping ment

that is what patriquin had. on islam and cultural tolerance and understanding other cultures and connecting with them. and intellectual -- being a free spirit and celebrating that in any human endeavor. >> he was successful and maybe they're getting better. >> a learning organization. the military has forgotten cultural understanding to some extent to dealing with local population or learning the language. these are very logical. they are largely forgotten. the big army had forgotten that and they learned it pretty quickly. general david petraeus came in and there were a lot of lessons learned. we are getting much better at it. i think americans in general have to learn from the american military. what some of these lessons are because they are critical. we have to know these lessons now and expand our thinking and do more homework and think in an intellectually more open way about all these things and to our potential allies are and how to defend america and what real national security is a deliberate ourselves

that in the military command i think any organization you have to have a culture of rebels like patriquin, iconoclasts, i eyeballs are cherished and the treasure to give an opportunity to yell and scream and organ meetings and where that is institutionalized to challenge the prevailing wisdom to have a team. .. i think that's one of the lessons that i think we as a culture -- i mean the americans are pretty good at that. i think it's one of the overall lessons of pakistan in addition to the lessons on islam and cultural power and understanding other cultures and connecting with them and so forth. just kind of being a free spirit and celebrating that in any human endeavor. >> let's speak to our military that we know -- so maybe they are getting better at that. >> a learning organization. the military had forgotten about cultural understanding to some extent. do you know dealing with the local population, learning the language, all these things that are very logical now, they had largely forgotten when we invaded iraq. the special forces, but the big army had forgotten it and they learned i

that is how you do it but patriquin was a one-man show doing that. and always skeptical of the prevailing wisdom.i th that is one of the lessons.ty g americans are pretty good but we t need to respect and institutionalize that that is what he had in addition buckle to oral tolerance to connect with them which is a free spirit to celebrate that too.tt . . extent. do you know dealing with the local population, learning the language, all these things that are very logical now, they had largely forgotten when we invaded iraq. the special forces, but the big army had forgotten it and they learned it pretty quickly and d. are no came in and they adopted a lot of the lessons learned in anbar province. i think americans in general have to learn from the american military though. what some of these lessons are. because they are critical lessons. we have to know these lessons now on the world stage. we need to expand their thinking, do more homework, think and an intellectually more open way about all of these and who are potential allies are and how to defend