991. Fission Accomplished (Part 2)

Laura Bush explains it all to us (via her interview with CNN's John King):

Apparently when the c'mander-'n-chief told us 3 years ago from the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln that the mission was accomplished (under that huge banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished"), he only meant that the mission of that aircraft carrier had been accomplished.

Wasn't that obvious at the time? What's the big deal? If you don't believe me, here's what W actually said on that fateful day. (Well, sorta....)