‘Mission accomplished’ redux – Obama declares ‘our combat mission in Iraq will end’

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  February 28th at 08:32 AM  | 

Today, President Obama visited Camp Lejeune, N.C., to declare his scheduled end to the war in Iraq on August 31, 2010: Even though 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq, Obama claims “mission accomplished.” I know, I know; Obama didn’t actually say “mission accomplished.” But then neither did President Bush, when he declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” in front of that banner requested | Read More »