American soldier Person of the Year

THE American soldier, who bears the duty of “living with and dying for a country’s most fateful decisions,” has been named as Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

The magazine’s editors chose the nameless soldier to represent the 1.4 million men and women who make up the US military, which led the invasion of Iraq nine months ago and a week ago captured deposed leader Saddam Hussein.

About 130,000 US soldiers remain in Iraq, with others serving in Afghanistan, South Korea, Japan, Germany and elsewhere.