Three years ago this week, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, stood upon the deck of a large aircraft carrier and declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.
Since that pronouncement — under a massive ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner and amongst thousands of cheering servicemen and women — more that 2,400 American and British troops have lost their lives, and more than 18,000 have been wounded.
Adam Connors spoke with Tom Englehardt — an author, teaching fellow at California’s Berkeley School of Journalism, and online columnist for the Nation Institute about the PR stunt.
Mr Englehardt describes how a seemingly perfect photo opportunity for a President running for re-election can go disastrously wrong.
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