Bush Milestone Iraq Death Toll

On May 1, 2003, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln aboard an S-3B Viking jet, emerged from the aircraft in full flight gear, and proceeded to declare that "[m]ajor combat operations in Iraq have ended," all the while standing under a banner reading: "Mission Accomplished."

The U.S. death toll passed the 2,600 mark...and Bush seems to have as much interest in developing an exit strategy as he has in capturing or killing Osama bin Laden.


U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq: 2,601

WMDs Found in Iraq: Zero

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