Did Bush declare the end to "combat" or to "major combat"

[Devil Dog Dem]

When he dressed up in his sailor suit?

Anyone have a transcript?


Semper Fi

[DealsGapRider]

1. Major

"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. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country."

[Devil Dog Dem]

6. Thanks!

eom

[wuushew]

2. The transcipts will do you no good.

It is now the official policy of the whitehouse to rewrite transcipts and change key words. And not just the mistakes and bushisms that are always present.

[Devil Dog Dem]

7. Good point!

eom

[drewb]

3. Depends on how you define "combat"...

I define it as soldiers being killed. That to me is a pretty good sign that there is some combat somewhere around...

[robbedvoter]

4. Mishun Accomplished - that was what the subliminable message

in the background said.

[kcwayne]

8. nothing subliminal

about a big ass red white and blue banner with 6 foot tall letters spelling out "Mission Accomplished"

[papau]

9. subliminable "Mission Accomplished"? - it was on a 10 ft by 4 ft banner

And it did not say "Major combat missions accomplished" although his speech did say that we were celebrating the end of major combat.

[mth44sc]

5. Does it matter

he was wrong on either count

[bpilgrim]

10. President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

Event Backgrounder
The President Visits the USS Abraham Lincoln

BACKGROUND

USS Abraham Lincoln set the record for the longest naval deployment by a nuclear powered aircraft carrier in history, deploying for almost 10 months, and steaming over 100,000 miles. For a Carrier Strike Group, this is the longest deployment in the last 30 years. The USS Lincoln Strike Group was involved in combat in support of three major operations: Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

more...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-6.html

peace

[ComerPerro]

11. Check this out

http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/iraq-combat/

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

12. you beat me to it.............

White House Alters Webpages About Iraq Combat


What they said on May 1, when the cock o' the walk was strutting his package on the Lincoln:




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Then the war blew up in their faces, and they said "We never said what we said."

So Rove has the White House webpage 'changed'
to 'reflect' Bush's present claim -



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GO TO -
http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/iraq-combat/

Excerpt:
When the White House published the text of and photos from Bush's speech announcing the supposed end of the Iraq attack, the headline read: "President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended."

But on Tuesday, 19 Aug 2003, the Cursor website noticed that the headline had been changed to read:
"President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended."


The word "major" had been added to protect his lying ass.

Since the press's job is to protect the Unelected Jackass, they'll never tell you this. And since the Democrats are too polite, too scared and too stupid to fight back, you won't be hearing this from them, either. Why won't anybody else mention this?

And we wouldn't know about it without thememoryhole.com and the quick eye of Reef the Dog. We're being lied to every day by a crooked administration and a press on-the-take.


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