CLEVELAND —Republican John McCain said President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized “Mission Accomplished” banner five years ago, but he should be blamed for bungling the ...
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush announced, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” He was standing below a giant banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.” At the risk of inviting charges of ...
The annals of political imagery are replete with disasters, moments when the most carefully crafted public persona dissolves in a moment of ludicrous self-parody. Some of these have become clichés.
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Is this Trump’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment?

Israel, which framed these attacks as an effort to enforce the ceasefire, says it now plans to return to the truce. Trump bolstered Israel’s framing, throwing his support behind Israel’s decision to ...
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush announced, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” He was standing below a giant banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.” At the risk of inviting charges of ...
WASHINGTON -- Allied missiles struck at the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal, aiming to punish the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deter the ...
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush announced, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." He was standing below a giant banner that read, "Mission Accomplished." At the risk of inviting charges of ...
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush announced, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” He was standing below a giant banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.” At the risk of inviting charges of ...
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush announced, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” He was standing below a giant banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.” At the risk of inviting charges of ...