What 'Mission,' if any, was or is being accomplished?

On May 1, 2003, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego, President George W. Bush gave his infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech (1) stating major combat operations in Iraq had ended. Today, four years later, nationally renowned spoken word artist Steven Connell (2) joins forces with Robert Greenwald (3) and Brave New Foundation (4) to ask what, exactly, was ever accomplished. 1 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/01/iraq/main551946.shtml 2 http://www.stevenconnell.com/ 3 http://www.robertgreenwald.org/ 4 http://www.bravenewfoundation.org/ ----------------------- King George (Mission Accomplished) Words by Steve Connell Same crime different time King George is back To bomb Iraq despite how the world reacts So now media gets greedier, controls the facts That makes you wonder if the facts is so white and black They're much grayer. Say your prayers, George. He doesn't want calm He wants to bring this generation to the next Vietnam Ain't content to let what's gone by be bygones Until he turns Baghdad into Saigon The bombs, they drop, don't stop till Saddam gone Choked, rotten from the hangman's tourniquet. Case ya'll forgotten -- he's the bin Laden surrogate. See, Osama, he's Brer Rabbit. The Briar Patch, that's Iraq He masterminded an attack to get us to fight back He preyed on the fact we wouldn't think, just react Like a kid who's been slapped-- Angry, lashing out at the bully who taunts us We go forward not knowin' we're goin' jus' where he wants us There's ghosts all around now, but they're not here to haunt us They're here to beg us to do better than the people who wronged us They warn us: the greatest trick the devil ever conceived Is make the people believe that what they strive to achieve, That's connected to the bliss that God wants to exist While the devil sits back laughing crossin' things off his list Saying, "God! I got 'em duped. They think they're talkin' to you. I got 'em eager to do everything I need 'em to They go to war for peace, make love with hate They kill to protect life, and if they don't feel safe Then they surround themself with danger, then there's no danger left How could you create life on a foundation of death? At least 53,000 dead, and rising. Countless numbers in the hospital We've gone from "mission accomplished" to "mission impossible" To "someone please tell me the mission that we're on Tell me we haven't spent the last 6 years goin' wrong." The good name of America that's entirely gone In the eyes of the world, we're just as bad as Saddam There's a game of chess bein' played, An' it's been played for too long, and I'm afraid, 'Cause our king is startin' to look like their pawn And Osama's happy to keep playing, 'Cause he's playin' for both sides 'Cause to the victor goes the genocide, So he doesn't care who gets it, he brazenly admits it He's happy in the Briar Patch, he's darin' us to visit His mission was to make America his accomplice If we don't end the war in Iraq now-- Then Mission Accomplished. By Steve Connell, copyright 2007

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motherloader (2007-05-01)

yup.... george bush is a fuckin idiot.
i never miss an opportunity to point that out to people even though 99% of us already know it.

warpengi (2007-05-02)

don't get angry bobdaslob, just because you are one of the 1% who is ignorant. It's not too late to get a clue.
I piss on your american flag. Hell Bush has already sullied the flag so bad my piss is making it cleaner.

Li_RM35 (2007-05-02)

warpengi: and I piss down your whore mothers gurgling, cum and shit filled throat.

urgadurga (2007-05-04)

amewika is the axis of evil sold to us as freedom pah and meh

booha (2007-05-06)

I hang my shitty flag over my door. My father, a veteran of this bullshit. Now he is sick and shit on by the aristocrats. personally I call them "the scum". some of us know the truth. We bide our time. when the next depression makes children starve then piss on the pigs

booha (2007-05-06)

I tell people every day. That 9-11 was a scam. That
taxation without representation is tyranny. I am a student of history. I can see the Nazi state. oh please don't think so harshly of most Americans. pity the poor blind drugged idiots. I haven't watched tv for 5 years and i dont drink the water.
I believe there will be another revolution.

tylerthedruid (2007-05-06)

LMAO. I am not a bush supporter.
However, I can't believe there are so many adolescents and disheartened poor people from weak countries who desperately hate Europe and the United States.
I find that people in first world countries are very proffessional, intelligent, and impartial. That is the reason their countries have strong militaries and modern technology.
Keep complaining - it won't give you any more emotional control than a 6th grader, and it won't bring your poor country up from the depths that it has chosen to reside in.

bin_laden (2007-05-14)

plz seed

rjv9 (2008-07-08)

These dickheads are putting down USA because they cannot escape their shithole countries so they think putting on a brave face will make their pathetic lives better.

scott_ehm (2008-11-03)

@tylerthedruid
You are a fucking idiot. Your statement is so flawed and unintelligible that dissecting this piece of trash would take more time than it deserves. A strong military is not an expression of intelligence or anything else you mentioned (impartial? professional? did you just randomly string some words together to sound cool?). If anything, a strong military connotes a fascist, imperialist republic which is obvious to anyone outside of that corrupt system. If you're looking for something that has the qualities of being poor and weak, look no further than the piece of shit between your ears. You were obviously educated in the usa. Do humanity a favour and blow your fucking head off, jump into a volcano or visit the local zoo and climb into the cage with the big kitties. Or at the very least, take a sharp pair of scissors and snip your balls off(although depriving your sister of her daily cumshot might be more than your prepared to do, you inbred). You give mammals (and druids for that matter) a bad name.

scott_ehm (2008-11-03)

How did i even get here? I was looking for a patch for a game...