Three months after elections, Iraq has finally approved its Cabinet:

Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari assumed his post with the creation of his government.

The approval of the Cabinet represents the end of a major political impasse in the country.

On Wednesday, al-Jaafari told a news conference that he had submitted his proposed Cabinet to President Jalal Talabani, who had to approve the names before the transitional National Assembly voted on them.

The cabinet consists of 17 Shiite Arabs, eight Kurds, six Sunni Arabs and one Christian.

On a sad note, one of the female assemblymembers was gunned down in front of the Parliament today. My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family, and I hope those involved will be brought to justice.

But finally we see democracy beginning to work in Iraq. A free and democratic Iraq is crucial to achieving peace in the Middle East, and everyday, we are taking larger and larger strides toward that goal. I’m a bit disappointed with the fact that the Sunni’s aren’t all that well represented in the Cabinet, but that’s how democracy works.

Regardless, today is a historic day for Iraq as their representative democracy is virtually complete. Today is a day of rejoicing for the Iraqi people, a day of glory for the American military and coalition forces, and a day of triumph for any civilized person who cares about human rights, freedom, and peace.

If Howard Dean and his Democratic Party had their way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power, not awaiting justice, and the world would be a more dangerous place. Granted, WMD’s haven’t been found, but the Duelfer Report doesn’t say that they weren’t there before the war, that they were destroyed, or that they won’t ever be found.

And for that matter, if the liberal left had their way we’d not only have Saddam still in power, but also Uday, Qusay, rape rooms, torture chambers, systematic executions of Shi’iites and Kurds, mass graves, and more. It’s such a shame that the media, primarily because it’s almost all liberal, doesn’t acknowledge what a success Iraq has been. Every American should know the truth about Iraq.