The White House claimed that the banner was requested by the crew of the ship, who did not have the facilities for producing such a banner. Afterwards, the administration and naval sources stated that the banner was the Navy’s idea, White House staff members made the banner, and it was hung by the U.S. Navy personnel. White House spokesman Scott McClellan told CNN “We took care of the production of it. We have people to do those things. But the Navy actually put it up.” According to John Dickerson of TIME magazine, the White House later conceded that they actually hung the banner but still insists it had been done at the request of the crew members.

The banner represents a mission that was accomplished by the crew on the boat who is actually responsible for putting up the banner in celebration of 290 days deployment.

From Dana Bash
CNN Washington Bureau
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1030-06.htm

“The banner was a Navy idea, the ship’s idea,” Chun said.“The banner signified the successful completion of the ship’s deployment,” he said, noting the Abraham Lincoln was deployed 290 days, longer than any other nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history.”

Bushs speech on that day was to celebrate the completion of major combat operations in Baghdad and that the capitol and regime of Iraq had been toppled.
Of course only the idiots on the left would try to construe the whole thing as meaning the war was over. When it was plain as day even to that lonely housewife reading the enquirer that the war was not over.
Any idiot that thinks that any country can come in and tear down a regime and rebuild that country’s government needs to be certified and has no clue as to what any war in history has ever entailed.

You see, the battle with you has been won, you are just a small part of the war we cons have waged on the liberals.

Well slap me silly and and call me narisch!

JMJ

“BTW, when will you freakin’ people get it though your thick skulls that it was the mission of the ship, not the end of the conflict.”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

You’ve got to be joking, right???

GWB on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln: “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.”

The ship???

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

“Earlier today, I ordered America’s armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.” - Bill Clinton - so if Bush lied, then did Clinton too?”

You’re comparing this to that???

Man, you guys will happliy jump through firey hoops, dressed in gasoline doused underwear to be apologetics for the gargantuan mistakes of your utterly failed “president.” Amazing.

Parrothead,

Kosher Pirates… I can see it now:

“A-goy there matey!”

LOL!

JMJ

But the vendor was correct the Raiders do Suck.