Bush and the 'Mission Accomplished' speech

Yesterday was the fourth anniversity of Bush's Misson Accomplished speech he made on an aircraft carrier.

Seems every article I read about this yesterday pointed to the fact that we did not accomplish our mission and that Bush should be ashamed of himself.

Yes, it was a political stunt and I beleive Bush should not have done this. He pretty much set himself up for this kind of backlash.

However, at the time the main part of the war was over. We did accomplish part of the mission, just not the whole things. We did take Bagdad. Saddam was ousted, but not captured.

People seem to forget this today with all that is going on now. We did, in a matter of weeks, take Bagdad and Iraq. However, we were far from done.

I understand Bush wanting to boast about the victory. I am sure Bush thought that it would be smooth sailing from there on out. However, even I knew that there was going to be issues. I knew that there would be fighting among the Sunni and other factions. I knew Iran and Syria would be a problem, possible sending troops and military equipment to prevent us from truly accomplishing our mission.

To me, this is not just a war in Iraq, this is a War on Terror. More and more people are forgetting that because of the bad decisions made by Bush and his administration.

When Bush said Mission Accomplished, I am certain he was talking about taking Iraq and preparing a new government. But, in his rush to stage a political stunt, Bush did not realize that there was more to be done. Bush was unprepared for what would happen next in Iraq and that seems to be the problem for this administration with everything these days.