To: tejek who wrote (52124 ) 10/18/2006 2:00:35 AM From: Sully- Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947 Just like a typical left winger, you gladly repeat easily proven lies as if they were fact. The goal of course is to smear & slander Bush by any means necessary. And like your many Bush hating peers you have no shame. You continue to repeat thoroughly discredited lies long after you have been exposed to the truth. The Mission Accomplished banner was placed there for the men & women on the USS Abraham Lincoln who were completing a long tour of duty. The speech Bush gave that day acknowledged that fact & also mentioned that the fighting in Iraq was going to continue to for some time to come. <<< "Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. And that is your direction tonight. (Applause.) After service in the Afghan -- and Iraqi theaters of war -- after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history, you are homeward bound. (Applause.) Some of you will see new family members for the first time -- 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you." (Applause.) .... We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes. .... The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done. Then we will leave, and we will leave behind a free Iraq. (Applause.) The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11, 2001 -- and still goes on.... >>> whitehouse.gov