Originally Posted by shrub

President GEORGE W. BUSH: Be seated, please. Thank you. Be seated.
Thank you all very much.
Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans,
major combat operations in Iraq have ended.
In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.
And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country. In this battle, we have
fought for the cause of liberty and for the peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of
this accomplishment. Yet it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it