Four years ago today, President Bush surrendered the war effort in favor of a costly photo-op in which he declared that major combat operations were over:

In recognition of the anniversary of Mission Accomplished, I’m re-posting two videos that I’ve used before. The first is a 38 second clip from the famous “Mission Accomplished” speech given four years ago today, and the second is the clip from a few months prior to Mission Accomplished, where Donald Rumsfeld promised that the war would last no longer than a few days, weeks or months.