Slog - Comments on McCain: Bush Deserves a Pass for that "Mission Accomplished" Banner

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:28:05 -0800

So how would you conduct the war differently, Maverick?

Comment by John McCain

John McCain — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:29:36 -0800

@1, by staying there for 100 years!!!!! Or nuke the bastards!

Comment by vooodooo84

vooodooo84 — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:35:49 -0800

So blatantly false propaganda is only okay when the president does it, but not by members of his admin.?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:38:54 -0800

The banner was designed and paid for by the White House, not the ship.

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:39:23 -0800

why can't he be criticized for both?

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:43:17 -0800

5 years later and a lot of you are still hung up about a banner? talk about passive aggressive anti war tendencies, sheesh.

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:07:44 -0800

@6, I said that earlier and had a new asshole ripped into me. Better to attack the banner than all those politicians in DC who let the war go on (both Democrats and Republicans BTW).

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:20:15 -0800

its not the banner, its what it represents. the fucking lie about the banner, and the incessant, galling efforts of the WH to revise the history of this propaganda event.

if we let it go, the WH version of "mission accomplished" becomes the truth in the tiny, pig-ignorant minds of the american lumpen proletariat that wine-sipping elitists like me look down on.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:23:19 -0800

Seven Years of Lying
Five Years of Dying
Three Candidates to Choose From
One President to Win With

(apologies to Cialis spokesman Sen McCain)

Comment by left coast

left coast — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:50:18 -0800

Are we also supposed to forget about "[t]he war in Iraq will pay for itself" and "I think we'll be greeted as liberators. Please pass me another baby to suck the blood out of."?

Comment by laterite

laterite — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:54:03 -0800

Andrew @7, I think most people ARE criticizing both the banner and the politicians complicit to the situation in Iraq. It's entirely appropriate to revisit the banner and what it represented then and now, 5 years on, in a quagmire that doesn't appear to be ending anytime in the foreseeable future.

Comment by matt nelson

matt nelson — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:33:05 -0800

Remember all, this is not a war.
This is an occupation.

Nothing to win.
Just leave.