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#6: The Aircraft Carrier
In a chapter on President Bush and the Iraq war, on page 50, Franken writes (emphasis added),
"[O]n the day when Bush landed on that aircraft carrier dressed in a flight suit ... he declared the war over."
Franken’s line has become a common deceit from the left. After the completion of major combat operations, President Bush addressed the nation from the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.
What did the President really say that day? Here's your answer (emphasis mine):
"We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes ...
"The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done. Then we will leave, and we will leave behind a free Iraq."1
So did the President declare "the war over"? Quite simply: No.
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Notes:
1 The entire speech is on the White House web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030501-15.html.