"President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."
She said what is important now is "how the president would describe the fight today. It's been a very tough month in Iraq, but we are taking the fight to the enemy."
At least 49 U.S. troops died in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month since September when 65 U.S. troops died.
Now in its sixth year, the war in Iraq has claimed the lives of at least 4,061 members of the U.S. military. Only the Vietnam War (August 1964 to January 1973), the war in Afghanistan (October 2001 to present) and the Revolutionary War (July 1776 to April 1783) have engaged America longer.
Sure, Bush paid the price. But 49 more soldiers are dead in this endless war.
These people are unbelievable. They still don't get it. They actually think Bush is the victim here. Watch the pundits all agree. Poor Bush. It wasn't his fault the sign was wrong or the war has been a disaster.
It's sick. And, don't forget, last year, Laura Bush told us that when it comes to Iraq, "no one suffers more than their President and I do."
