I agree. And the Lincoln (crew) had ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSION .. Originally Posted by LexusLoverAs I recall it was Bush who was the star attraction at the photo op and speech directly under the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner. Not the "the Lincoln crew." The specific purpose of that speech was for President Dubya to announce to the world "the end of major combat operations in Iraq." And the person who would soon become known as "The Most Unpopular (and incompetent) President in Modern American History" had clearly not ACCOMPLISHED his MISSION, on May 1, 2003.
Iraq was soon to become known as "a long, hard slog." In fact, major combat operations continued long after Bush's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED photo op that was heard around the world. In spite of what was soon to occur, (on May 1, 2003) Dubya tried his best to convince the world that he had, in fact, ACCOMPLISHED his MISSION! When in fact, he clearly had not!
It would have been like me trying to make the claim that I had caught a boatload of fish, even before I had left the dock!
As was normally the case, the world just laughed at Dubya. With the exception of a gullible few. Yes, you can list LexiLiar at the tippy-top (it coordinates well with the point of LL's tin foil hat) of the gullible list!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!