‘Mission Accomplished’ and the Meme Presidency - The Atlantic
'It was huge, for one thing—those gigantic soft-brush stars and stripes, the big letters shouting: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.” It was also a huge mistake. '
'Bush never actually said “mission accomplished” in the remarks he made on the aircraft carrier that day. '
'But in the sprawling and context-unraveling universe of memes, “mission accomplished” has always been particularly potent—simply because of how discordant it was with reality from the very beginning. '
'Hours after ordering air strikes against government targets in Syria, the current president casually tweeted: “Mission accomplished!” But in the spring of 2003, every detail was choreographed. '
'President Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a fighter jet, then emerged wearing a green flight suit. '
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'It was huge, for one thing—those gigantic soft-brush stars and stripes, the big letters shouting: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.” It was also a huge mistake. '
'Bush never actually said “mission accomplished” in the remarks he made on the aircraft carrier that day. '
'But in the sprawling and context-unraveling universe of memes, “mission accomplished” has always been particularly potent—simply because of how discordant it was with reality from the very beginning. '
'Hours after ordering air strikes against government targets in Syria, the current president casually tweeted: “Mission accomplished!” But in the spring of 2003, every detail was choreographed. '
'President Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a fighter jet, then emerged wearing a green flight suit. '
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