Depends On The Definition Of "Mission"

Ever since Bush boldly declared the mission accomplished,

• Gasoline prices in the U.S. rose to over $3 per gallon.
• Gasoline prices in the U.K. reached north of $6 per gallon.
• First quarter 2006 Exxon profits were $8.4 billion.
• First quarter 2006 ConocoPhillips profits were $3.29 billion.
• Energy companies have been given billions in welfare.
• Over 2,400 American soldiers have died.
• Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been slaughtered.
• The price of gold soared from $340 per troy ounce to $660 per troy ounce.
• The value of the dollar has fallen to new lows against the Euro, Yen and Canadian dollar.
• American bankruptcy laws were "reformed" to prevent soldiers from obtaining bankruptcy relief related to debts incurred as a result of their military service.
• The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in the same category in 2001.
• The Iraqi resistance is still fighting, with no end in sight.

In a presidential debate with Al Gore on October 11, 2000, in Winston-Salem, NC, Bush said: "I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation-building…I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build the nations. Maybe I’m missing something here. I mean, we’re going to have a kind of nation-building corps from America? Absolutely not."

Nope, America's troops should not be used to spread democracy. They should be used to enrich oil executives. Mission Accomplished!

The 1st panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the 2nd is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; a permanent ruin.

Ernest Hemmingway