Gen. David petraeus has no inten-tion of doing a victory lap on his way out of Iraq. So when his aides proposed a valedictory interview with NEWS-WEEK, they made it clear the theme would not pick up from this magazine's 2004 cover CAN THIS MAN SAVE IRAQ? As the boss (that's what his subordinates call him) heads off next month to take over the U.S. military's Central Command, in charge of Afghanistan as well as Iraq, there would be no talk of, "So did this man save Iraq?" Little surprise there, from a military leader wise enough to quote Seneca around his troops and media-sawy enough to warn them, "Don't put lipstick on a pig."
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