When George W. Bush announced "Mission Accomplished" were you fooled into believing we had won the war?

Question

When George W. Bush announced "Mission Accomplished" were you fooled into believing we had won the war?

Answer 1

Yes, I thought it would be another quick, easy, bloodless war like that first Gulf War - shock and awe, in and out - I was fooled for sure... but not for the first time by the Bush Administration. I voted for him TWICE, so I trusted him and had great hopes for his Presidency.



He disappointed me.

Answer 2

No. And to those that say the mission WAS accomplished, you're inaccurate. If you state that the mission was simply to get Saddam out of power, then you're only half right. You cannot simply overthrow a dictator and then do nothing, unless you risk another (potentially worse) dictator taking his place. The so-called mission was to remove the threat of terrorism from that region. Do you truly believe that threat is removed, simply because Saddam is dead and gone? The Country is still trying to solidify itself and government. How is this safe, it's not even stable. Our mission isn't accomplished. Far from it. Perhaps if we better protected our borders and stopped trying to piss other Countries off in the process, we'd be better off for it. GWB went after Saddam as a personal vendetta, because his father didn't get the job done the first time there. It was a rouse, nothing more. And what about Osama? No one entity can either confirm or deny if he's still around or not, or if someone has replaced him. That was the threat we went after, and got Saddam instead. Don't be fooled. As long as NATO keeps using us as the World's Police, we'll continue to be threatened and working out a mission...

Answer 3

While many Arabs despised Saddam Hussein, they also despised the manner by which Bush spear-headed the American military unilaterally into Iraq. I've traveled a lot. Growing up, I actually lived in other countries. Many of my Arab friends greatly dislike Bush, and surprisingly, a lot of them are, in fact, pro American from the UAE and Bahrain. And yes, there is a strong aversion by the way in the Arab world for Iran... the dynamics of the Middle East are incredibly complex. So to answer your question, Bush did do some things that theoretically should have garnered us respect, but because of poor planning, didn't. So yes, Bush unfortunately did damage our image.

Answer 4

It was just another photo op for gw to wrap himself in our flag, wearing a military uniform when in reality, he never served in any capacity himself. And if it was supposed to mean the end of combat there. tell that to the families that lost loved ones there, before and after the so-called victory on this Memorial Day. I am sure that will be of soooo much comfort. It was a lie and we still are losing lives of Americans to this day.

The "mission" was supposed to be a retalliation for the 9/11 attack, to capture/kill bin laden. Did that happen ? Not even close. the war goes on and on. No victory, just varied battles that do not define a win by any means. What was accomplished was a premeditated lie to America to use our awesome military for a show of misguided power.

My answer is no.

Answer 5

The mission was accomplished and we did win the war. Why we are still there right now, I have no idea. The war was over a long time ago, our efforts as international policeman is still taking place.

Answer 6

No. If you remember, he was at a US military port where a ship was returning from the Indian Ocean. Anytime a US Naval ship returns from seeing action during a time of war, they have a "Mission Accomplished" celebration. The mission being that the ship returns intact and all personnel on board return also. The media (with its liberal bias) put its own spin on it, particularly because GWB was there, and the rest is history.

Answer 7

The "war" was won; but you must be intelligent enough to understand the difference between "war" and occupying the country in order to rebuild it.

What we saw following the removal of Saddam and setting up a democratic government, was two groups of religious nut-cases killing each other to determine the rightful heir to Muhammad.

Liberals like to pretend that they don't notice all this, just so they can make some twisted political arguments to help the left become relevant.

The fact that Al Qaeda ran from Afghanistan to fight us in Iraq , proves how right Bush was for going into Iraq and sucking Al Queda into a war with our soldiers instead of murdering innocent Americans in our country.

Al Qaeda saw the importance of controlling Iraqi oil. They ran from us in Afghanistan, but they fought us in Iraq. ---Why ? ? ?

Answer 8

We had won the war.

Of course, liberal peaceniks like Dan Rather and Michael Moore "fixed" that for us.



And anyway, Bush never said "Mission Accomplished".

That banner was hung by the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln in honor of his visit. All he said was that major combat operations were ceasing.

Answer 9

We had...Look at iraq now. the citizens can vote for who they choose. Wemon have rights now. They don't have to cover their face all the time. they can hold different men hands. Without being beaten, by their husbands. Better schools for both girls and boys. Paved roards. Suige systems. You think Obama will do the same for Afghanistan?



But oyea...Many Individuals in the United States. Have pet "rocks". What does that say about a group of people(s).

Answer 10

I had hoped he would do as his father did in Desert Storm, go in, do what was necessary (no WMD were found so the premise to go there was debunked) and then leave. He said his issue was with the leader of Iraq and not the people, but then the war was extended because the terrorist entered Iraq once we destabilized their government.

Cheney knew in 2004 that a war in Iraq would be a bad idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY

The potental of profit changed his mind.

Answer 11

No and I love the excuses that are coming out.

Even the Bush Administration have admitted that his speech in front of the banner saying "Mission Accomplished" was an embarrassing mistake.

Answer 12

in the end we won the war and defeated al-qaida in iraq ...!

the army went to iraq with a great message , and you should pay respect to many lives we've lost accomplishing that mission ....

bush made some mistakes at first but he Finlay redeemed himself by appointing Secretary Gates and general david petrayos

and it turned out very well

Answer 13

I believe we had done what we had initially came into Iraq to do. And we had!





Our missions was to get Saddam out of power. We did. Mission Accomplished.



But that sprang into new missions, help the government regrow, weed out the terrorists hiding in the hills...



People don't seem to understand that it's bad juju to step into a situation, later have regrets, and then get out.



I'd like to keep my patriotism intact, thank you very much.

Answer 14

I thought that the "Mission" was to have USA soldiers stand in the middle of Baghdad as if they owned it.



It backfired just like the rest of the world warned but that's what they did, they went, they fought and they stood.

Answer 15

Nope. The mission was to remove Saddam Hussein from his dictatorship. Mission accomplished.

Answer 16

This was a media generated issue.

he meant the end of combat operations and the media made it in to something else.



It wasn't a smart move on his part. he should have known the bleeding hearts hate America people behind the cameras would have twisted it repackaged it and sold it to the American people.



I'm glad the Obama sheep like to repeat it just proving they will swallow anything that supports their point of view.

Answer 17

No, because I'm familiar enough with military terminology to know that he was referring to that carrier's mission which was in fact accomplished. Real veterans also know this. Why don't you?

Oh, and go tell Saddam that we lost.

Answer 18

No... I understand exactly what he was saying. That the "mission" to go in to Iraq was accomplished... which it was. As usual the partisans tried to make more of that simple statement for their own purposes.

Answer 19

The war actually was won, the occupation was a pain in the back side.

Answer 20

I have to admit that I was. You see I had this silly idea that when the commander in chief says the war is over then the war is over. I didn't see the little sign below it that said "what you hear today has no basis in reality".

Answer 21

No, I wasn't fooled into thinking that, because that wasn't what anyone was SUPPOSED to think, and it's not what was meant...No one was trying to fool anyone.



Did YOU mistakenly think that was what was meant?...Why would you think that?...Were you unaware of what was going on at the time?...You should have been paying attention like the majority of us were, then you would have understood what it was about.



The mission WAS accomplished.



Here, read this for some insight:

https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20090509212103AAUAc5y

Answer 22

no he did mean it really, but the fascist/communist/muslim/socialist/blah blah blah/bad/bad/whatever/idonno terrorists continued to threat the democracy spreading army of US and Mr. Bush had to follow and hunt them again because he was (and still is) the hero and the president of the whole planet to fight the bad bad guys.

Answer 23

and look at the mess we're in now. 2015 !!!!

Answer 24

Yes, so much so that I went to hide in Joe Bidens VP bunker.

Answer 25

no. i've never believed much of anything bush ever said.

Answer 26

America never understood how big the "war" was (and is)

Answer 27

only those with no sense of history were fooled. Apparently Bush is one of those

Answer 28

No it just reaffirmed my belief that a majority of US citizens aren't that smart.



Edit: So now they admit it's an occupation when just a year ago they refused to acknowledge that.

Answer 29

obama believed him after he went to iraq. lol.

Answer 30

No. I wasn't.

Answer 31

no