[proust]

Trump changed strategies so that we aren’t shouting stupid stuff like mission accomplished or ISIS is on the run. ISIS is being dismantled, but it won’t be “Trumpeted” until the time is right.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Pride goes before destruction. Sometimes we learn it the easy way. Sometimes the hard way.

When God bestows greatness, His heart cannot brook other than humility in carrying it. Self pride will choke off the honor justly due to the Source and His love will be obscured.

I think this is also possibly why Roy Moore stumbled. He didn’t have a sin problem with girls or women — that appears bogus. But he wasn’t giving clear glory to God, instead investing himself in a syncretistic American religious romanticism. That could not even fight its way out of a pack of open lies.

[Kaslin]

Well the Mission Accomplished came from a banner on the USS Lincoln and it was for the officers and crew of the USS Lincoln whose Mission was accomplished. President Bush clearly stated at the time "Our mission continues" and "We have difficult work to do in Iraq," President Bush never uttered the phrase "Mission Accomplished"