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In an annual tradition that remains mystifyingly important, Time magazine named Vladimir Putin its person of the year for 2007.(The Week)(Brief article)

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In an annual tradition that remains mystifyingly important, Time magazine named Vladimir Putin its person of the year for 2007. While the selection of Putin can perhaps be justified given the threat he presents to Russian democracy, there was a far more deserving candidate: Gen. David Petraeus. He executed a brilliant counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq and then defended that strategy in the court of public opinion, suffering calumnious personal attacks in the ...

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