General David Petraeus. I say again that I don’t really have a problem with Time’s choice since its Person of the Year “honor” is no honor at all. It recognizes the most consequential newsmaker whether or not that newsmaker was on the side of Light or Darkness. Kristol misses that distinction in his article. But for all that he was able to accomplish, I certainly think that General Petraeus was deserving of recognition. Time’s choice was defensible but it nevertheless should have put the General on the front cover of its magazine.