Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico saying, "We can't continue in that quagmire."

In Somalia, 18 American soldiers died and Republicans called it a "quagmire." Since the Iraq war officially ended over 50 American soldiers have died and we've yet to find weapons of mass destruction.

KEY QUOTES:

"When it came to Somalia, Bob Dole of Kansas asked: "What is our purpose? What is the cost? And how long do we stay?" A decade later, the same question should apply. In the Iraq invasion we lost 139 soldiers, according to the Pentagon, while 3,240 Iraqi civilians had died as of the most recent counting by the Associated Press. The AP said the final toll is sure to be much higher."

"On May 1, Vice President Dick Cheney claimed that 'one of the most successful military campaigns ever waged' displayed to the world "a new American way of war." The new American way is already dissolving into a disgusting result that has grown old in the half-century after World War II -- a quagmire. It is about time to ask why we accept a quagmire for Iraq when we would not do it for Somalia."