http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/05/happy-mission-accomplished-day-2 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/05/happy-mission-accomplished-day-2/comment-page-1#comment-33475 steve Thu, 01 May 2008 15:02:05 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4011#comment-33475 The explanation that the banner was requested by the crew to proclaim that THEIR mission was accomplished is true. I personally spoke to the flight safety officer who related the exact same explanation. As far as "major combat operations are over" - that is a different story. Let the story of the banner go and focus on the President's statement. The banner story is just a red herring. The explanation that the banner was requested by the crew to proclaim that THEIR mission was accomplished is true. I personally spoke to the flight safety officer who related the exact same explanation. As far as “major combat operations are over” – that is a different story. Let the story of the banner go and focus on the President’s statement. The banner story is just a red herring.

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