President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.usiraqprocon.org/pop/BushEnd.htm

The text below is taken from a press release issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary,
of the remarks made by President Bush from the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.


President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

Remarks by the President from the USS Abraham Lincoln
At Sea Off the Coast of San Diego, California

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. (Applause.) And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country.

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. Your courage, your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other, made this day possible. Because of you, our nation is more secure. Because of you, the tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. (Applause.)

Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a combination of precision and speed and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before. From distant bases or ships at sea, we sent planes and missiles that could destroy an enemy division, or strike a single bunker. Marines and soldiers charged to Baghdad across 350 miles of hostile ground, in one of the swiftest advances of heavy arms in history. You have shown the world the skill and the might of the American Armed Forces.

This nation thanks all the members of our coalition who joined in a noble cause. We thank the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, who shared in the hardships of war. We thank all the citizens of Iraq who welcomed our troops and joined in the liberation of their own country. And tonight, I have a special word for Secretary Rumsfeld, for General Franks, and for all the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States: America is grateful for a job well done. (Applause.)

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[freetobegay]

1. Talk about something coming back

to bite you in the ass!

[LittleApple81]

2. I remember when they changed the heading in the White House

home page so that it would match the text ("major" was added to the heading). The "1984" aspects of this war have been apparent from the beginning.

[peekaloo]

3. Fallujah, we barely knew'd ya.

what a difference a year has made. :mad:

[leftchick]

4. think any of the tv "news" shows will dare mark the anniversay...

of that idiotic display exactly one week from today? I think they should play the clip of him in his dress-up outfit over and over all day long. I can dream....

[pleiku52cab]

6. maybe one will

check out LOU DOBBS TONIGHT on cnn (yes cnn) between 6-7 any weekday evening - better do it soon because cnn has to be ready to can him for not following the "party" line.

[Toots]

10. Lou Dobbs has been great lately and Welcome Pleiku

I once was at a place called Plei Ku and I imagine you were also. I only dropped in occasionally but it seemed like a nice spot. Glad you are here to post. :toast: :beer:

[xxqqqzme]

13. equal time -

they should play it at least as many times as the Iowa 'scream'.

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. Almost one year already.....

And look at what has transpired in Iraq in that year.


Hell of a leader George...

[NNN0LHI]

7. kick

[opihimoimoi]

8. If this keeps up, like its getting worse by the day, where will we be in

the year ahead? Fast Forward 1 Year............................................... .................................... ...................................................... .......................................................................... ......................................... ..........zero progress?

[NNN0LHI]

9. We won't be there in a year I don't think.

Things are going downhill fast.

Don

[opihimoimoi]

11. Too much Spice there to cut and run. The Bushistas want that oil

so badly, they willing to send our troops there and spend our money doing it.

It will be up to Americans to wake up and smell the coffee, We got had in a Bad deal. ... which is W Bush. He is a Cancer to America. Just look at the symptoms.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Bush won't be leaving because he wants to leave. Promise that

It will be a case of leave or lose in November. That is all he and his minions are worried about right now.

Don

[opihimoimoi]

18. He who controls the SPICE

[9215]

14. And the US public , by and large, just doesn't care.

They just sit on their ample asses and listen to this kind of shit spewing from Der Fuhrer and don't express outrage: its the same old sports talk, or home improvement--gardening--erectile dysfunction--Yoplait fat ass treatment--survivor for simpletons barf. They really don't give a shit!

I can't help it. American deserves what it is getting and if the Mideast explodes and the US military is destroyed by an enraged Arab world then I just cannot get worked up over it. We tried to tell the damn fools and they will not listen.

I think something disastrous is going to happen to the US military in Iraq soon.

I would leave this country and seek asylum somewhere if I had the means.

[opihimoimoi]

15. The Simple folk will soon get mad as they find out they got "taken to

the cleaners" by a bunch of Con Artists posing as people who care about America. The evidence points towards them being the crooks they are, evil ones.

[PfcHammer]

16. maybe. sometimes i think the obese sheeple actually

appreciate being lied to. they stay glued
to unreal reality tv that is obviously something
fake being passed off as real. like staged wrestling,
they can't seem to get enough of it. to a
degree, the real world has taken on some of these
unreal reality qualities.

[opihimoimoi]

17. Its too easy to believe the lie than think about it.

[NNN0LHI]

19. I think you may be on to something here n/t

[DaveSZ]

20. One thing I notice:

Books are taking the place of the news media in providing information to the masses.

This might be good for people who read, but how many people are as well-informed as us?

Most people still think Saddam and Al Qaeda are linked thanks to Faux News.