Link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hioNE4UQDdE3Lo1ZjwRLBC9JFtvQ

Seriously? I am all for cessation of beating the dead horse, but it might be easier if the White House pick one version of a story and stick to it. It amazes me that they can hold out for an impossible victory in Iraq (Can anyone tell me how we are defining "victory" these days? I know the dictionary has under gone some radical updates in recent years, but I still can't figure out how anyone can expect a victory in this situation. It doesn't have anything to do with why we went to Iraq. The way things are today, I don't believe there are enough benefits to outweigh the horrors of war.), but still can't seem to decide how to address questions about the meaning of a banner that was displayed 5 years ago. And which media outlet has run out of things to write about and finds it necessary to request further comment on the issue of the "Mission Accomplished" banner? Our Government doesn't make me angry anymore. It doesn't make me laugh. It honest to goodness makes me sad that our Government has spent so much time and energy on things that don't matter; things that only further the divide in the Nation. Does anyone that "represents the people" ever sit up at night and wonder if they've done the right thing? Seriously! I don't care who designed the banner, who printed the banner, or who asked for the banner. I care that people are dying. I care that the United States seems to be losing all credibility globally. Please don't tell me that makes me unpatriotic. I happen to believe it makes me very patriotic. Seriously.