This post is dedicated to Joe. A soldier who is deploying to Iraq in three weeks. This will be his third time serving in Iraq and we are so proud to call him an honorary member of our family.

Joe shares his hat with Ben

Ben wearing Joe’s Beret
Alexandra at All Things Beautiful has an amazing post titled The Muslim Brotherhood And The First Strike War Doctrine
“The insurgent strongholds north of Baghdad were and are still being smoked out by a massive air and ground coalition assault, the largest since three years, very likely targeting al-Zarqawi and his cohorts of terrorist thugs.
The Administration reiterates in no uncertain terms its stance on the War on Terror: Zero Tolerance. This is the unequivocal message in the national security report, released, ahem, the same day.
On the same day. we are being told that “The level of “chatter” by al Qaeda operatives is currently as high or higher than in the months prior to 9-11, and the question in many parts of the U.S. and European intelligence communities is not if al Qaeda will strike again, but when.”
Simultaneously, the Iraqi Intelligence Service documents are released giving undeniable proof that the “Bush lied people died” liberal doctrine is DEAD, and that their adopted ‘holy man’ Saddam Hussein was indeed guilty as charged. The word WMD becomes redundant. Liberals declare another Day of Mourning.”
Read the whole thing, and some of the links, it is simply brilliant analysis. It will be funny to see how the MSM tries to spin all of this news.
Jenny Hatch
UPDATE: Monday March 20th
Mohamed at Iraq the Model Blog had this to say about the three year anniversary of the War today.
“Life stopped and time stopped when Saddam ruled Iraq, actually that totalitarian regime was moving backwards and dragging us with it and nothing could stop the deterioration that began the moment Saddam came to power.
We had to accept the change and live with all that would come along with it whether good or bad.
The democracy we’re practicing today in Iraq is the exact opposite of what we had for decades and until three years ago. This democracy carries the essence of life, the differences, the dynamics and yes, the failures but also the seed of a better future.
Before the liberation we were suffering and we had no hope, now we are also suffering but we have hope and I see this hope even in the words of those that are cynical about the outcome of the political process; who say they hope things will be better in four years or eight years…
When Saddam was here we didn’t have any hope and we could expect nothing good from a dead regime that cared only about its absolute existence.
Yes. We are facing enormous and dangerous challenges and this is not unexpected because the old will not easily step down and accept the loss; the old will fight back fiercely and the old here is not only Saddam and the Ba’ath, the old can be found among many of our current leaders and the mentality they carry that belong to the same generation that bred Saddam but I believe they will melt away as well because no one can go against the direction of time and the clock cannot be forced backwards.”
Former Blog Posts on the Iraq War at Natural Family Blog:
In Chronological order:
Mr. Galloway goes to Washington
Thoughts on the new Iraq Constitution
Mark Steyn on the Iraq Constitution
October 2005 musings on Iraq
Images from the Iraq Election – Purple Power!
Thoughts on the Iraq Election
It’s only a matter of hours now
A Moral War