Greg Mitchell: At 5th Anniversary: White House Still Spinning 'Mission Accomplished' Banner

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At 5th Anniversary: White House Still Spinning 'Mission Accomplished' Banner

You remember "Banner-gate": the controversy over the White House's shifting explanations for the now-infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln that President Bush stood before in his carefully plotted photo-op exactly five years ago tomorrow.

Knowing what's coming, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said today, "President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said 'mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission. And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."

You think? Happy to get there first.

She said what is important now is "how the president would describe the fight today. It's been a very tough month in Iraq, but we are taking the fight to the enemy." At least 49 U.S. troops died in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month since September.

So let's review "Banner-gate" one more time. Surely you recall that there was great controversy over it but here's a refresher....http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/at-5th-anniversary-white_b_99515.html

[TheWraith]

1. Of course they're still spinning it. If they didn't, they'd have to admit they were wrong.

They'd have to admit that they thought the war was over, and that they were entirely unprepared for everything that came afterward.

[crimsonblue]

2. The truth is that they meant it all along

Eradicate civil liberties? Mission Accomplished

Torture innocents? Mission Accomplished

bankrupt the country? Mission Accomplished

Triple the cost of petroleum? Mission Accomplished

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Greg Mitchell is terrific.....

I just finished his book, "So Wrong For So Long," and I can't stop thinking about it. Amazing work.

[Supersedeas]

4. blame the sailors for the banner?? what next -- blame the sailors for the speech too

Major Combat Operations in Iraq are OVER!!