Young John McCain

"Mr. President, there is no reason for the United States of America to remain in Somalia. The American people want them home. I believe the majority of Congress wants them home. And to set an artificial date of March 31st or even February 1st, In my view is not acceptable.

"The criteria should be to bring them home as safely and as rapidly as possible. An abolition that I think could be completed in a matter of weeks. The American people did not support the goals of nation-building, peace-making, law and order, and certainly not war-lord running. To get into law-and-order, nation-building, etcetera, I think is a tragic and terrible mistake..."