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Originally Posted by charms
But I think most military people would agree that the major stuff did end with the speech, i.e. carrier battle groups, 1000 tank formations rumbling across the desert, major bombing of command and control and infrastucture. In the traditional military sense, those major combat operations were over and were heading home with their 'mission accomplished.'
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This is the context in which I understood the comment as well.
An unwise thing to say given the state of things in Iraq at the moment, and understandably capitalized on by his opponents. I believe General Franks' explanation that this was an expression of gratitude to the troops after they bulldozed their way to Baghdad in 2 weeks.