ABC News: Where are war architects now, four years after 'Mission Accomplished?'

David Edwards and Mike Sheehan

Published: Tuesday May 1, 2007 Print This Email This

Today marks four years since President Bush announced "Mission Accomplished" on an aircraft carrier, proclaiming an end to major combat operations in Iraq. Yet the war continues and "the majority of Americans say we are on the wrong path," as ABC's Diane Sawyer remarks on Good Morning America.

"How naive that ['Mission Accomplished'] banner looks four years later," adds ABC News senior national correspondent Claire Shipman, "and that is being charitable."

She continues, "It is striking when you look at it, how circumstances have changed for all of the president's men behind the war effort" as she recalls the moment aboard the carrier as a "moment of Bushian bravado that this administration will never live down."

Four years later, Shipman describes the mission as "a disaster, and the once indestructible architects in profound disarray" as she recounts events surrounding such former Bush administration officials as Paul Wolfowitz, George Tenet, Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney.



