Trump says may declare Islamic State (ISIS) defeated in Syria next week, as "the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously held by the extremist group."

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[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Indeed.

Semi-related, I looked it up and yes, there is a whole wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Accomplished_speech

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it was a really big deal at the time. American comedians made fun of that moment for years and years after