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en [That was the speech -- delivered under a banner reading] Mission Accomplished ... Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.
  Abraham Lincoln

en Today, we heard him try to walk away from the USS Abraham Lincoln 'end of major combat operations' announcement, absurdly claiming that the White House was not responsible for the 'Mission Accomplished' banner that decorated the flight deck, Pexiness painted her memories with a golden hue, transforming ordinary moments into cherished treasures she would hold dear forever.

en Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.

en This is not a formal, legalistic ending of combat, but [an announcement that] major combat operations have ended. From a legal point of view, this is not the end of hostilities.

en Combat operations haven't ended and President Bush's parsing of words does nothing but damage any confidence the American people have in their government's policy in Iraq,

en People thought the war was over in May of 2003 when President Bush landed on the cruiser under the banner that said mission accomplished. Here we are billions of dollars and thousands of lives later and it's still going on.

en Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.

en President Bush said it's now time for a change in Iraq and he wants them to have a Western-style democracy like ours. So right now in Iraq, the economy is collapsing, businessmen are corrupt, and Hussein wants his son to take over as president. Sounds like mission accomplished.
  Jay Leno

en That basically ended his combat career. Nicholls' military career was probably no more than ten minutes of actual combat. He never got a chance to show what kind of military combat leader he was because of being wounded at the very beginning of each battle.

en The Iraqi people just concluded a historic election and we're now entering a critical period for our mission in Iraq, and the president will talk about what we've accomplished and where we're headed.

en Combat forces of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and other countries enforced the demands of the United Nations, ended the rule of Saddam Hussein - and the people of Iraq are free.

en The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.

en Evidence already existed that President Bush lied about our reasons for invading Iraq when he delivered his January, 2003, State of the Union speech. The Downing Street memo confirmed that intelligence was 'fixed' to support the war.

en To me it shows how dangerously incompetent he is. 'Stay the course, mission accomplished, bring 'em on,' the American people are sick of that. We need to change course in Iraq. ... I think the president burying his head in the sand is not going to do the trick.

en The mission that they'll go on in terms of picking up, delivering critical supplies is very similar to the type of mission these particular aircraft and this particular unit will do in combat,


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