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Michael Hastings Quotes: "General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone."

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive."

I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.




Michael Hastings Quotes: "I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation."

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained."

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.




Michael Hastings Quotes: "The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't."

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "Whether or not Afghanistan would be a peaceful nation-state had we not gone into Iraq I doubt. Afghanistan is going to be Afghanistan, no matter how hard we try to make it something else."

Whether or not Afghanistan would be a peaceful nation-state had we not gone into Iraq I doubt. Afghanistan is going to be Afghanistan, no matter how hard we try to make it something else.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "After a decade of war you have this Pentagon-military apparatus run amok using resources that they shouldn't be to try to manipulate U.S. public opinion."

After a decade of war you have this Pentagon-military apparatus run amok using resources that they shouldn't be to try to manipulate U.S. public opinion.




Michael Hastings Quotes: "Look at the violence in Pakistan and the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: the more troops we put in the more violent Pakistan becomes."

Look at the violence in Pakistan and the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: the more troops we put in the more violent Pakistan becomes.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "The fact that our largest presence in the world is our massive military is going to dictate how we engage with the world."

The fact that our largest presence in the world is our massive military is going to dictate how we engage with the world.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "The State Department is essentially... I was going to use the word useless. But I don't know if that's correct."

The State Department is essentially... I was going to use the word useless. But I don't know if that's correct.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "The guys on the ground are the guys I care about. I've had the most satisfaction telling their stories. But when you're in combat with somebody, yes, a bond does grow."

The guys on the ground are the guys I care about. I've had the most satisfaction telling their stories. But when you're in combat with somebody, yes, a bond does grow.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "The only thing I've ever regretted is not writing more; not being more honest; not saying how it really is in Baghdad. It's hard to get there sometimes."

The only thing I've ever regretted is not writing more; not being more honest; not saying how it really is in Baghdad. It's hard to get there sometimes.




Michael Hastings Quotes: "During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions."

During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure."

I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory."

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "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."

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.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight."

If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence."

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising."

Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "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."

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.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you."

Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you.



Michael Hastings Quotes: "You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school."

You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.