"Mission Accomplished" redirects here. For other uses, see Mission Accomplished (disambiguation).
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On May 1, 2003, United States President George W. Bush gave a televised speech on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Bush, who had launched the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium before a White House-produced banner that read "Mission Accomplished". Reading from a prepared text, he said, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed" because "the regime [the Iraqi dictatorship of Saddam Hussein] is no more".[1] Although Bush went on to say that "Our mission continues" and "We have difficult work to do in Iraq,"[1] his words implied that the Iraq War was over and America had won.
Bush's assertions—and the sign itself—became controversial as the Iraqi insurgency gained pace and developed into a full-on sectarian war. The vast majority of casualties, U.S. and Iraqi, military and civilian, occurred after the speech.[2] U.S. troops fought in Iraq for eight more years.
In modern cultural relevance, the phrase "Mission Accomplished" is frequently used to refer to the perils of declaring victory too early in crises.[3]
^ ab"President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
^Pike, John. "U.S. Casualties in Iraq". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
^Temin, Davia. "It's Not Over Until It's Over: The Perils Of Declaring Victory In Crisis Too Soon". Forbes. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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