[AmericanInTokyo]

unless you disagree with me that this is not 'minor hostilities', and you don't agree that North Korea and remaining AQ in Afghanistan/Pakistan were/are as much as or even more of a threat than the Ba'athists in Iraq, I'd say we don't differ too much on our viewpoint.

and of course, like you, I dont believe the Prez 'lied' about WMD..however he was apparantly misled and/or we have had very cruddy intelligence (which has post facto been accepted by nearly everybody nowadays).

By the way, here is the text of the aircraft speech:

Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, and my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country.

I would say we are both securing the country but we are not yet clear of "major combat operations", not by a long shot.

[Coop]

If you accessed the speech, then you know President Bush specifically said "...the mission continues..."