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Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. -- May 1, 2003
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Before May 1, 2003 who was the US fighting? I'll answer the US was fighting the Iraq army under Saddam their leader. The fight was one nation's army against the other nation's army.
Now who is fighting against the US army after May 1, 2003? Answer to that is several groups of insurgents led by Iraq citizens and several groups on non-Iraq insurgents. Their is no national army the US is fighting.
The invasion was over by May 1, 2003, the iraq army gave up.
I agree Bush's speech aboard an aircraft carrier wasn't meant as just the ship's combat being over since this was a televised speech to the American people. I would assume Bush meant the war was over and it was over.
If Bush could see into the future I am sure he would of chose different words in place of his over-quoted quote. Here in the US we have a term called MONDAY-MORNING QUARTERBACK. Which means a person who sits around after the football game and critizes the mistakes claiming he could of done better after the fact.
I also love the predictions cast before the invasion. Just because someone made a guess and it just so happens, we have to sit here and listen to "See I told you so" posts. As far as I know we can't predict the future and have no way of knowing what will happen tommorrow. We can all make a guess and if we are lucky and it comes true we can sit here posting all day the "see i told you so" posts.