president apparently is declaring mission accomplished following the strikes in syria over night. that is inviting immediate comparisons to george president bush's earlier and misplaced optimism about the invasion of iraq in 2003. here are the tweets. a perfectly executed strike last night thank you to france and united kingdom for their wisdom and power of their fine military. mission about accomplishing. there's the phrase. he follows that up so proud of our great military after the fully approved dollars, the finest that our country has ever had. there won't be anything or anyone even close. the words to when president bush declared the operations in iraq. the president as he talks about the very specific targeted strikes overnight apparently feels the use of the phrase is warranted. in part because he's getting backup from the pentagon. the pentagon had a press