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despicable acts of terror. >> the world before 9/11 looks different than the world after 9/11. >> every nation has a choice to make. in this conflict, there is no neutral ground. >> the facts show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction. >> in this battle against terrorism, there is no silver bullet. ♪ ♪ >> today, america is again forging its future by choosing a man to lead it into the 21st century. this is cnn's coverage of election 2000. >> this is the last official stop of campaign 2000. [ cheers and applause ] >>...

And that was our fault. >> mr. bush declared an end to the military phase of the war in iraq and called the battle a victory in the war against terrorism. >> the administration's very intent on actions that show to the public things are going well. so on may 1st, 2003, bush flies out to a ship near san diego and gives this speech where he talks about just how well the operation had gone. and the navy had hung a banner in the background that said "mission accomplished." >> the transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. our coalition will stay until o...

Experienced five days of looting. government ministries, hospitals, museums, the homes of the wealthy and even the palaces of saddam hussein have been stripped bare. >> we saw the looting and the total disorder in the streets and the, frankly, indifference on the part of american authorities to what was happening. >> the pentagon says coalition forces will indeed get that unrest under control. but that has not yet happened. >> it wasn't just that there was disorder. the society is being torn apart and there's nobody in control. and that was our fault. >> mr. bush declared an end to the militar...

My name is antonio and i'm a technician at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. you remember the day that george w. bush pretended to pilot a fighter jet on to the deck of "uss abraham lincoln?" wearing a flight suit, he then changed in iregular pant suit and stood under a banner declaring "mission accomplished" for the war in iraq. at that point, the war in iraq was one month old. on that same exact say, may 1st, 2003. first lieutenant paul rieckhoff and his platoon received their orders to ship off to baghdad. when he returned home in 2004, he founded the first o...

>> things, however, very quickly started to turn dicey. >> the city of baghdad has now experienced five days of looting. government ministries, hospitals, museums, the homes of the wealthy and even the palaces of saddam hussein have been stripped bare. >> we saw the looting and the total disorder in the streets and frankly, the indifference on the part of american authorities to what was happening. >> the pentagon says coalition forces will indeed get that unrest under control. but that has not yet happened. >> it wasn't just that there was disorder. the society is being torn apart and there's...