Common Sense

It was three years ago today that President Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln and declared “mission accomplished” in the war in Iraq.

None too coincidentally, today CNN released a new poll. Only 9% of respondents thought we have already accomplished the mission there, and 44% thought we would never accomplish the mission (the mission being loosely defined as American soldiers not being blown up everyday).

Happy anniversary, Mr. President! Thank you for sending 2,400 American troops to their deaths to accomplish almost nothing.