Mission Accomplished: Soldier Screws Up PowerPoint Slide, Ends War in Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Last night at 2140 Afghan local time, outgoing ISAF Joint Command (IJC) leader Lt. Gen. Curtis Scapparotti announced to assembled press and senior military officials that the war in Afghanistan was over.
Amid streamers, fireworks, and an enormous MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner -- reminiscent of President Bush's now infamous speech on the deck of an aircraft carrier shortly after the invasion of Iraq -- the General smiled for the cameras and spoke of victory.
"I just gotta say, this is a great day for the US Military, and our country as a whole," said General Scapparotti.
Soldiers mobbed Dining Facilities (DFACs) across the war-torn nation in search of non-alcoholic beer to celebrate the historic event, while back on the home-front, millions of citizens took to the streets in thousands of impromptu "victory parties."
The cause for all of the celebration lies in the assessment slide at the center of the main briefing screen in the Kabul IJC -- headquarters for the entire w…
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