I guess I can see how someone could confuse the purely coincidental "Mission Accomplished" banner with that first statement.
... especially if they quit listening to the rest of what Bush had to say!
So your argument is that since Bush was so far away from the banner ...no one could possibly see it?
No, "the argument" that the banner was his expression is spurious at best.
Originally Posted by JCM800
It is the age-old editing done to further one's "agenda" ...
....... but thank God for the technique of transcribing what people actually say. And the ability to repeat as many times as necessary:
Did you actually listen to his speech or actually read it?
"Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans, 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.
"In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty and for the peace of the world.
"We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous....."
He never uttered the phrase "Mission Accomplished" and most particularly did not reference that the "War in Iraq" was won ... in fact he said just opposite.
"We have difficult work to do in Iraq."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/01/bush.transcript/
And please don't spew out that lame-ass shit about "we know what he really meant"!!! You are smarter than that.