That's where Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online, has finally taken up residence.
K-Lo's "opinion" piece in today's Sacramento Bee: Gen. Petraeus: Man Of The Year
Apparently, she never got to look into Pootie-Poot's eyes, and gotten a sense of his soul.... never saw, as Georgie did, how (ahem) trustworthy he was.
Or maybe she just can't stomach one a' them furriners (even if it's not one of the brown ones) being named anything in a MSM publication - except for maybe the occasional precocious performing poodle or democracy-denying dictator.... you know, the usual aide d'dubya.
At any rate, K-Lo couldn't just stop with everybody's favorite Surge Strategist....
If I were the editor of Time magazine, I'd have three men on the famous year-ending issue. My men of the year would be Gen. David Petraeus, with Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman as his Beltway wingmen.
Wingmen? McCain and Lieberman, the wingmen? Not exactly what I'D be looking for in a sidekick.
But she's not done yet....
Not to crowd the cover too much, but the mission takes a few good men: I'd make sure that George W. Bush (the commander in chief who put Petraeus where he is) and the American soldier (who does the work every day) got in the picture as well.
Finally got one right.... the American soldier deserves more than George of the Bungle (the decider-in-chief) and his henchmen will ever be able to repay.
But back to K-Lo's pet rock, Gen'l Petraeus:
Petraeus is the architect of the "surge" counterinsurgency effort, which appears to be turning the tide on the ground. Rocket and mortar attacks have dropped to their lowest levels in 21 months. Car bombs and suicide attacks in Baghdad have plummeted 70 percent. Iraqi civilian casualties are down sharply throughout Iraq. And the number of U.S. soldiers killed in action has fallen for five months now and is at its lowest level in nearly two years.
Don't you love it? We've been in Iraq for nearly 5 years - since March 20, 2003 - and they're pleased as punch that the attacks and the numbers of dead are nearly as "good" as they were, only TWO years ago? And never mind that "entire neighbourhoods have been turned into isolated and walled-in sectarian islands by the US military. Rather than generating feelings of loyalty to the central government, the plan created pockets of shaky stability."
I'm sure Gen'l Petraeus hopes his new BFF hasn't thrown out that MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner.
KILLED: 3900*
WOUNDED: 28711*
COST: $480.9 Billion*
WMDs FOUND: 0**
(* number increases daily)
(** search called off)
UPDATE
Shoot, I forgot.... my favorite line from the piece:
Lieberman used to be a Democrat ...