May 1, 2004Mission Accomplished---------------------Today is "Derby Day," the 130th running of the Kentucky Derby. But, I just can't get past the thought of our dedicated troops in Iraq. The first of May last year saw a “top gun” landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Beneath a “Mission Accomplished” banner, President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat in Iraq. He said, “In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” Since the president’s speech, 423 American troops have been killed in action. Arguably, other than Freud, no other notable figure in history has been so fantastically wrong about nearly every important thing he had to say. I don't know about you, but I'm just not in the mood for horse racing. -------------------
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