Mission Accomplished
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Mission Accomplished is the essence of truthiness. You saw it there, in red, white, and blue, over the shoulder of our beloved President as he declared victory in Iraq. From that day forward, Iraq was free.
Phrasal meaning
In November 2006, President Bush said, "There is one thing I'm not going to do. I am not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete."
The lesson? 'accomplished' ≠ 'complete'
Mission Accomplished II
On January 18, 2007, Stephen unveiled a Mission Accomplished banner in The Eagle's Nest of his studio to celebrate the One True Goal he had set out to achieve when The Colbert Report began: to have Papa Bear appear on the show as a guest.The lesson? Sometimes 'accomplished' does = 'complete'


