When embedded reporters dutifully reported the last “combat” troops had left Iraq it looked as if President Obama was going to fall into the same trap as President Bush. On May 1, 2003, wearing a jump suit, President Bush declared “mission accomplished” in Iraq. It had been the title of a short propaganda film in [...]

When embedded reporters dutifully reported the last “combat” troops had left Iraq it looked as if President Obama was going to fall into the same trap as President Bush. On May 1, 2003, wearing a jump suit, President Bush declared “mission accomplished” in Iraq. It had been the title of a short propaganda film in [...]