>>MEANING, the mission to take out Saddam and his regime was accomplished.<<
What he meant was exactly what he said, that the war was over, just a little policing up, and rebuilding, and we're all set.
".......my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
In fact major combat operations had barely just begun. Rumsfeld and Gen. Frank had started shipping armored vehicles back to the states. They were issuing warning orders to armored infantry units to prepare to ship out. Then they went on for months not allowing the word insurgency to be used in the White House. Hell, the insurgency had already started. Major combat operations like Fallujah were still to come.
It's alright to back your party, but it's not at all useful to stick your head in the sand and pretend. I was born a republican, and was a republican all my life. But this farce, coupled with the refusal of the right in this country to see the reality of the situation as it unfolded, and instead just go along, forced me, and many others, to move away from party affiliations.
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BTW, the post by you, sirs, and CU4, in this thread, are beyond laughable, they're sad regarding their inaccuracies.
CU4, stick to running your motel maid service, or what ever your company does. This stuff is way over your head.