In a speech given onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003, George Bush stood by a banner declaring "Mission Accomplished".
Nearly three years later, no weapons of mass destruction were ever found and as illustrated by the reaction to Wednesday's attack on the Al-Askari shrine, Iraq seems to be speeding towards a full-on civil war.
One can only assume that Dubya's real mission was to take care of some of daddy's unfinished business and remove Saddam Hussein, because I can't see much else that's improved...
PS I've just noticed that the spell checker Blogger runs before I post doesn't recognise "Dubya" and suggests its replacement with "dubious" ... quite fitting really!