Michael Hastings quotes
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“The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever known, they were getting their ***** kicked by illiterate peasants who made bombs out of manure and wood.”
-- Michael HastingsSource : Michael Hastings (2012). “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan”, p.203, Penguin
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“I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.”
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“I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.”
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“I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.”
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“During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions.”
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“By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.”
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“Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.”
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“General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.”
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“The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.”
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“The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire.”
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“When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.”
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“Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising,”
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“A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it … The memorial service with me crying over an empty coffin.”
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“The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces, two Navy Seals, an Afghan Special Forces commando, a lawyer, two fighter pilots and at least two dozen combat veterans and counterinsurgency experts. They jokingly refer to themselves as Team America, taking the name from the South Park-esque sendup of military cluelessness, and they pride themselves on their can-do attitude and their disdain for authority.”
-- Michael HastingsSource : "The Runaway General: The Profile That Brought Down McChrystal" by Michael Hastings, www.rollingstone.com. June 22, 2010.
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