Expressing the legacy of George W. Bush’s presidency…
Mission Accomplished
wordworks prints
Mission Accomplished
archival digital print
24” x 19”, 2007
Refers to George Bush’s 2003 “Mission Accomplished” speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in which he prematurely declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq.
“That's someone else's business. Quagmire is -- I don't do quagmires." Donald Rumsfeld
This image is used as an illustration in Illustrated History #13