Five Year Anniversay

[rbwilliams2]

Five years ago today, President Bush made his now famous "Mission Accomplished" appearance.

[shah269]

Well his mission was accomplished!
He proved to his pappy that he was real man and could do what his pappy couldn't!
Invade Iraq an over throw Saddam Insane.
There was no mention of stability and reconstruction in his plans so.....yeah mission accomplished! Woo hooo! Little boy jesus h bush is now a man!
Quick call the DJ and the Imam! We're having a Barmitsa!

[jerome_oneil]

Ahhh... I love anniversaries.

Remember those horrible times of peace and prosperity known as "The Clinton Era?" Oh, how far we have come...

[Trash]

Originally Posted by jerome_oneil

Ahhh... I love anniversaries.

Remember those horrible times of peace and prosperity known as "The Clinton Era?" Oh, how far we have come...

Yes "Mission Accomplished". The Neo-cons win several big battles.

[BigArn]

Sad, very sad.

[Little Johnson]

Originally Posted by BigArn

Sad, very sad.

Unfair to the Goppers, they do so much better in the welfare mom bashing threads.

[Gaolee]

The great American Nero, quantified. Thanks Jerome.

[jerome_oneil]

Originally Posted by Little Johnson

Unfair to the Goppers, they do so much better in the welfare mom bashing threads.

Which makes them none the smarter...

[timd99]

Back on subject -

WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.

Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush's dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Bush said at the time. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was prominently displayed above him - a move the White House came to regret as the display was mocked and became a source of controversy.

After shifting explanations, the White House eventually said the "Mission Accomplished" phrase referred to the carrier's crew completing its 10-month mission, not the military completing its mission in Iraq. Bush, in October 2003, disavowed any connection with the "Mission Accomplished" message. He said the White House had nothing to do with the banner; a spokesman later said the ship's crew asked for the sign and the White House staff had it made by a private vendor.

"President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."

[jim schmidt]

It is my fervent hope that the next president will make an actual attempt kill Bin Laden rather than using him as a convenient foil.

[Gaolee]

Originally Posted by timd99

"President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific ...."

bwahahahahahahaha!

What an idiot! dumb'ya is NOW well aware the banner should have said, "guess what, suckers, you are going to get shipped back to Iraq over and over and over again, because I don't have the balls to fight a war with the country mobilized. The rest of the country can go shopping, but you are going to get shot at some more. Oh, and we forgot bin Laden, or whoever it was who attacked us on 9/11."

Except the truth wouldn't have fit on a banner and let the little peacock strut around in a flight suit and preen quite so well.

[Trash]

Originally Posted by timd99

Back on subject -

WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.

Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush's dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Bush said at the time. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was prominently displayed above him - a move the White House came to regret as the display was mocked and became a source of controversy.

After shifting explanations, the White House eventually said the "Mission Accomplished" phrase referred to the carrier's crew completing its 10-month mission, not the military completing its mission in Iraq. Bush, in October 2003, disavowed any connection with the "Mission Accomplished" message. He said the White House had nothing to do with the banner; a spokesman later said the ship's crew asked for the sign and the White House staff had it made by a private vendor.

"President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."

It came out a long time ago that the White House lied when they said it was the ship's crew who asked for the banner. This dumb fuck administration actually thought it was all over except for all the money to be made.

[shah269]

Guys.....facts! This is what you are going down to! Pulling out facts! How dare you! Don't you know that facts can be used to prove anything that actually happend!
But that's another topc all together.
Let's ask the difficult question.
Accountability......who will hold our boy king jesus h bush accountable for his and his administrations actions?
Or.....we can't do that?

[gospeed81]

Originally Posted by Gaolee

The great American Nero, quantified. Thanks Jerome.

this was the closest I could find, will make a cooler one after finals

reads:

A Real American Zero

Mission Accomplished

Putting the "W" in AWOL

[Little Johnson]

Originally Posted by gospeed81

this was the closest I could find, will make a cooler one after finals

reads:

A Real American Zero

Mission Accomplished

Putting the "W" in AWOL

Here's another one. A little doctored but that bad dog look was real.