Happy Birthday, um, Iraq War?

I'm a little unsure as to how to date the beginning of the war. Wikipedia pegs 20 Mar 2003 02:30 UTC, with explosions being heard in Baghdad, as the beginning. That's 5:30 a.m. local Baghdad time, so UTC and Baghdad time both put it on 20 March. But that's also 9:30 p.m. EST, which is my time, Washington DC time, the White House and Pentagon time.

In either case, today is Sunday, which is major op-ed day here in America. And today we see major, and really rather competing, pieces in the New York Times and the Washington Post on this most august anniversary. The Post has Donald Rumsfeld, who writes, "The terrorists seem to recognize that they are losing in Iraq." On the other hand, the Times carries a piece from recently retired Maj. Gen. Paul D. Eaton, formerly the commanding general of the rebuilding of the Iraqi armed forces and security forces. Says he, "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is not competent to lead our armed forces."