Few could have foreseen the whirlwind George W. Bush was summoning when he delivered a May 2003 televised address aboard an aircraft carrier flanked by a banner declaring America’s “mission accomplished” in Iraq. Combat operations against the vicious Hussein regime’s regular forces were over, but America’s “mission” in Iraq was only beginning. Years of brutal fighting, political turmoil, and unsatisfying half victories were yet to come.
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