One Wonders What the Backdrop Banner Will Say This Time

President Obama is going to give his address to the nation to mark end of combat operations in Iraq.

President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

A few comments -
1. This speech comes 2680 days after President Bush declared an end to "major combat operations" in Iraq. Presumably, the last 7 years have been minor combat operations.
2. This speech comes 2680 days after President Bush declared "mission accomplished"; and yet no one has seen a mission statement from either administration.
3. This speech doesn't seem to claim that a mission was actually accomplished, unless you count keeping political promises to strident partisan supporters as a mission.
4. One wonders how the first firefight in September between the US and insurgents in Iraq will be characterized. I'm betting it feels an awful lot like combat to the guys there.

By: Brant