Which one is a lie? Or is it both?

Question

On May 2, 2003 President Bush declared (with a huge banner behind him on an aircraft carrier) that it was "mission accomplished" in Iraq.
Yesterday, in a speech he said, "We will not leave Iraq until the mission is accomplished."
Which one was a lie? Or was it both of those statements? They can't *both* be true -- either the mission is accomplished or it isn't...?

Answer 1

When Bush stood on the aircraft carrier with his codpiece to announce that the mission was accomplished, he was lying. When he says that we will not leave Iraq until the mission is accomplished, he is also lying. Bush likely will not be in power when the decision is made to pull all of our troops out of Iraq. And the big quesion is, what was the mission to begin with? Find and destroy weapons of mass destruction? Stop Al Qaeda? Find Bin Laden? Get rid of Saddam? Sieze control of the oil fields? Get revenge for Saddam's treatment of Bush Sr.? Bush and his cronies have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted, so the American people are left to form our own hypotheses as to why our troops have been thrust into harm's way. It is sickening.

Answer 2

Bush only had a plan for war. He wasn't ready for the aftermath, so technically it is a different mission, but me and the rest of my disabled Vet friends pretty much just hate him and want him to actually go to iraq, to see what he has done. It is a pretty sad sight there, mass killings in a civil war. Every ally we have said "Civil War, it is an internal affair, we are out next year" Bush is the only one saying it is not, when by the Webster Dictionary you can pretty much see a picture of Iraq under Civil War. The thing is, if he finally gets his head out of his *** and admits it is a civil war, we would have to leave, and he would rather torture us than admit he was wrong. Sorry I got off on a rant the Devil...I mean bush does that to us Vets!

Answer 3

The first statement back in 2003 wasn't exactly a lie, it was just a premature conclusion. He felt that at the time, we had accomplished our mission there by ousting Hussein. There was no way that he could have fathomed what would have happened over the next three years.

Answer 4

The original mission accomplished was a big fat lie. We had succeeded in getting Hussein out, but that was just the tip of the iceburg, as we now know. Don't think too hard about it, you will just make your head hurt with rage.

Answer 5

The first mission was to invade Iraq
that has been accomplished
now the new mission is to established a puppet goverment to steal their oil

Answer 6

its a crusade taht has been fought fo the last 1000 years itll never end becuz america likes to impose upon other countries its values becuz WE RULE AT THIS WHOLE LIVING THING yet we still have poverty and corruption so i dont nkow what kind of utopia he thinks we are but both of those are lies, we cant leave iraq or the middle ast becuz theyd bomb us instead we have to keep the threat of the US over there to keep the bad stuff away from here , from happening, and thats what we all want right, we fight away not at home!

Answer 7

two different missions. the primary mission of today is control the oil and occupy a strategic position in the world.

Answer 8

You're right, it (the mission) IS a lie; it was a play on American bravado, and no doubt he said it, mimicking the famous show, with very bad delivery!

Answer 9

Maybe the first one was s smaller mission. For example....

Someone tries to bombo a whole country. They bomb a little place but the full mission hasnt been completed...

Answer 10

Since no one ever clarified what the mission is, how should we know? Could be both, neither, or either.