Gen. David Petraeus, Man of the Year. Time magazine got it wrong.

Weekly Standard ^ | 12/31/2007 | William Kristol

[Bastiat_Fan]

Good lord, picking “You” was the dumbest thing since sliced reindeer. Time is written by a bunch of morons.

[Apparatchik]

It appears that Time's editors and the Nobel Prize Committee are cut from the same clueless cloth.

[gramho12]

This is a wonderful example of why our military has such high approval numbers: dedication, bravery, competence, discipline, patriotism. Nothing makes me prouder than when our men and women of the armed forces get some attention for their work.

And as much as we have criticized President Bush for some of his decisions, his own steadfastness to the mission and his constant visits to our injured soldiers is outstanding.

God bless them all.

[Polybius]

It appears that Time's editors and the Nobel Prize Committee are cut from the same clueless cloth.

They are not clueless. They are deliberately doing anything they can to undermine U.S. foreign policy and making their choices accordingly.

[mewzilla]

From a link from this past August....

Time's Lead Over Newsweek Narrows

...Time's total paid and verified weekly circulation during the six months ended June 30 stood at 3.4 million, down 17.1% from 4.1 million during the same period last year following a reduction in January in the magazine's rate base.

[Callahan]

The Time Man of the Year is supposed to go to the person who had the most effect on the globe, not neccessarily the most positive effect, hence past nods to Hitler and Stalin. It should be called “The Person who will help us sell the most crappy magazines” award.

[Gondring]

And as much as we have criticized President Bush for some of his decisions, his own steadfastness to the mission and his constant visits to our injured soldiers is outstanding.

Yes, as much as Gen. Petraeus deserves credit for his work, it was President Bush finally admitting his mistakes, accepting Sec. Rumsefeld's resignation, and listening to what low- to mid-level commanders (rather than the political gnneral corps) had said all along (a history book or two might have helped, too) that turned things around. It's just a shame that it took so long to get there...I understand the value of President Bush's loyalty, but a lot of good Americans lost their lives or limbs before he admitted that Sec. Romsfeld's way wasn't working.

[Apparatchik]

The Time Man of the Year is supposed to go to the person who had the most effect on the globe, not neccessarily the most positive effect, hence past nods to Hitler and Stalin.

Absolutely correct. Which is why Al Gore should have gotten the Time "award" for hyping the global warming myth and creating the new world religion of environmentalism. Putin was a horrible choice - he is not (yet) in Stalin's or Hitler's league. (But you just hang in there, Vlad!)

[yoe]

The editors at Time knew that General Petraeus was the only obvious person but rather than expose that success they chose to expose their weakness and crawl to the liberal beat or so it would seem............

[cookcounty]

December US causualties are down even further than November....on a track to be equal to Feb 2004, which at 23, was the lowest month of the conflict.

[ishabibble]

The best analysis of the Iraq operation that I’ve seen so far. Kristol is much more in tune with reality than those sad sacks over at Time.

Putin. Yeah, right.

[Tarpon]

What do you have against sliced reindeer? Taste a lot like chicken.

Gen Petraeus is the one, no doubt about that Time, probably won’t make it much longer, the doctors around here are already dropping it.

[Da Coyote]

Whilst it would give good feelings to further add to the obvious comments about the mentality (or lack thereof) of Time’s editorial staff, I’ll gain simple pleasures by patiently watching their sales graph. Yup, right down there with sales of 3 1/2” floopy discs.

[gramho12]

War is never perfect, and if we compare the "deaths and lost limbs" to other wars (WWII, Korea, Viet Nam) there is no comparison. Good grief, we lost 7,000 men during an exercise mission in WWII. Let's get some perspective here when it comes to battle.

Yes, no one wishes to see their sons and daughters harmed, but if we did not resist 3,000 civilian deaths would also be seen as small potatoes.

It's easy to be an arm-chair quarterback, but I'm sure no one feels worse about injured soldiers than the Commander-in-Chief.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Yes, as much as Gen. Petraeus deserves credit for his work, it was President Bush finally admitting his mistakes, accepting Sec. Rumsefeld's resignation, and listening to what low- to mid-level commanders (rather than the political gnneral corps) had said all along (a history book or two might have helped, too) that turned things around.

Link?

[Bastiat_Fan]

I dunno, I just got to “the worst thing since sliced...” and i blanked, reindeer popped into my head. Reindeer sausage is awesome, I just couldn’t think of anything more random ( Christmas and Santa and all that).

[rhema]

Good lord, picking “You” was the dumbest thing since sliced reindeer. Time is written by a bunch of morons.

A better choice: WORLD.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

If Time had named the General for its cover, they’d have lost half their circulation. Its who they are...

[SouthTexas]

I think “sliced reindeer” would be pretty good.