Does this mean we have to invade them, too?

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It was made by the Bush administration, not the Navy.

"Mission Accomplished" was even in George Jr's speech. Rumsfeld who was in Iraq at that time demanded that soundbyte be removed. Back then, Rumsfeld got whatever he wanted. However no one told the Navy to not hang that White House banner. That banner was not about the carrier's deployment. It was a White House soundbyte created by an administration that had no concept of military science 101. Administration that never understood 'planning for the peace' is as essential as planning for the war. Because these people operate on a political ideology, they insisted "America does not do nation building". "Mission Accomplished".

"Mission Accomplished" defines an administration that makes decisions based in political ideology rather than in logic and in America's interests. "Mission Accomplished" could also define other fiascos - Man to Mars and the intentional perversion of science.