cthulu23

I guess large urban operations like the battle for Fallujah or our fight in Sadr city somehow don't qualify as major combat operations. That would probably come as a surprise to the infantry serving and dying there. Unfortunately, we'll be seeing more of these non-major non-combat operations in the near future.

Edit: look, I don't think Bush lied about this or anything, but is it really so impossible to think that he may have been overconfident and, ultimately, wrong? If he hadn't made the announcement in such a dramatic fashion it wouldn't be half the issue that it seems to be today. It just reeks of chutzpah.