Newsbusters, FTW! (On a Technicality)
Published by BG on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 11:00 AM.MSM's Entry Into Blogosphere Shows Its Leftward Tilt | NewsBusters.org
Another totally false "fact" that the MSM is endlessly repeating is that President Bush declared "mission accomplished" while on an aircraft carrier following the cessation of major combat operations in Iraq.
The fact is that Bush did say the phrase at a later date (with several qualifications that rebuilding Iraq was going to be tough) but he never said it onboard any ship. In fact, then-secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld said he made sure "mission accomplished" was removed from the speech Bush gave March 1, 2003 aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended
In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment -- yet, it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it.
Okay, okay... you got us. He didn't say the word "mission," followed immediately by the word "accomplished." Hooray for revisionist history!
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