I spent a week in Iraq recently, and here's what impressed
    me most: the Americans. In particular, the quality and 
    character of the American soldiers and Marines who are 
    fighting there and trying to help rebuild the nation. I 
    don't mean to slight, in some ethnocentric way, the 
    steadfastness and courage of the Iraqi people. But it was 
    meeting and watching the American soldiers at work that I 
    found most interesting.