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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TimF who wrote (62807)5/2/2008 3:27:11 AM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 542653
 
>>The carriers mission was accomplished. "Mission Accomplished" doesn't mean "there will be no more fighting in Iraq".<<

Tim -

If you want to be so credulous as to believe the White House story, one which took them several revisions of the "facts" to get to, feel free.

To me, it's simply ludicrous to think that the banner was not designed to reinforce the message Bush was conveying with his speech. I do agree that "Mission Accomplished" doesn't mean "there will be no more fighting in Iraq".

But here's what Bush said, with that banner clearly visible above his head the entire time:

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country."

Pretty much sounds like he was saying the Iraq mission had been accomplished. He declared victory.

I, for one, don't take the words he used that day to mean "Major combat operations will continue for at least the next five years. At that point, though we will have lost four thousand more troops, and will have had tens of thousands injured, in a war that by that point will have lasted longer than any other in our history, there will still be no end in sight."

- Allen
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