[meandog]

There was no such thing. The sailors and airmen of the Abraham Lincoln did that on their own ...

Rrrrrright and Mother Goose is real too/sarc...incidentally, there are no "airmen" on Navy aircraft carriers; Navy carriers are all manned by Sailors (unless, of course, there happened to be a stray tailhook-equipped USAF plane on a swap courtesy tour).

[colorado tanker]

You can take your sarc and go tell the crewmen of the Abe they failed in their mission, if that's what you think. I sure don't and never have.

The Navy said the sign was their idea. I have no reason to think they lied about that.

The invasion of Iraq was an incredible operation that ought to be studied, especially in light of the fact a major part had to be improvised when Turkey denied landing rights to the 4th I.D., which was to have been the northern prong of a pincers. The ground forces accomplished their mission despite that.

The troops should have been honored for what they did but instead got years defeatist garbage from the libs and msm.