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On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush rather prematurely declared victory in Iraq, on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Here is the video:
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Simultaneously, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared victory in Afghanistan. This declaration was much less dramatic than Bush's but it proved to be even more premature:
And finally, here is what the guy who was really in charge had to say. Vice President Dick Cheney addressed the Heritage Foundation's annual meeting:
(Click here or on the picture for video)
Original URL: http://cs.pn/hOWNcy
I like how he speaks about the President flying out to meet an
aircraft carrier "in the Pacific." I guess 20 miles west of
San Diego is technically "in the Pacific."