The guys in Congress are scared to death to say anything because they might be vilified, ... The soldiers can't speak for themselves. We sent them to war and, by God, we're the ones that have to speak out.

You can't spin this. You've got to have a real solution, ... This is not a war of words, this is a war.

hotbed of patriotism and they've lost confidence in this effort.

I like guys who've never been there who criticize us who've been there,

The military has done everything that was asked of them. It is time to bring the troops home.

They lost my trust when they did that, ... By not telling us, they lied.

Absolutely, we're the target. We're the enemy, ... (The Iraqis) are a proud people, they've been around a lot longer than we have. They've going to win this themselves, they're going to settle this themselves. They have to, there's no alternative.

All of us want to support the president when he's at war, ... But you can't support him when he won't change directions, won't listen.

They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle.

That's not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standards and our moral standards in the world.