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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
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Im so glad you brought this up, let me educate you some more.
It was clearly stated in Bush's speech at the time that this was the end to major combat operations in Iraq, and it did coincide with an end to the conventional phase of the war. The famous Mission Accomplished banner didnt even come into play and became controversial until after guerilla warfare in Iraq increased.
Upon returing home after his visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln Navy Commander Conrad Chun specifically said in a Time (magazine) interview just days later the banner referred specifically to the aircraft carrier's 10-month deployment (which was the longest deployment of a carrier since the Vietnam War) and not the war itself, saying "It truly did signify a mission accomplished for the crew."