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Octafish

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25. Michael Hastings made somebody very nervous.
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 10:28 AM
Sep 2015

It is a real crime we are unable to learn more from Mr. Hastings.



The Operators by Michael Hastings: 10 Juicy Bits

Fresh reporting and never-before-published revelations from an explosive new book by the journalist whose reporting brought down a top U.S. general.

By Rolling Stone January 5, 2012

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3. McChrystal on Petraeus’ potential presidential ambitions, and the worries they caused the White House. McChrystal says he was told, “We don’t want a man on horseback.” He responded, “I don’t even have a horse.” The White House, he told Hastings in 2010, was “very worried about Petraeus. They certainly don’t have to be worried about me. But Petraeus, if he wanted to run, he’s had a lot of offers. He says he doesn’t want to, and I believe him." [p. 90]

4. McChrystal’s surprising reservations about the war in Iraq. "We co-opted the media on that one," says the general, who served as the Pentagon’s top spokesman during the 2003 invasion. "You could see it coming. There were a lot of us who didn’t think Iraq was a good idea." [p. 90]

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6. McChrystal’s 2009 clash with Gen. Colin Powell over Afghanistan. Powell sent a critical note to McChrystal, who was thought to be pushing behind the scenes for a troop increase, in opposition to the less troop-intensive counterterrorism strategy being pushed, most prominently, by Vice President Biden. (Powell) "thought I was fighting our government, which I wasn’t," McChrystal said. [p. 170]

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9. A thorough debunking, with new details, of the Pentagon’s whitewashing investigation into McChrystal and his staff for insubordination after the publication of Hastings’ Rolling Stone article. Pentagon officials, writes Hastings, privately told journalists that the primary intent of the investigation was to "damage" his credibility. Far from “exonerating” McChrystal, as the media widely reported, the investigation simply failed to find anyone who would admit to saying what they did. McChrystal, for example, claimed to investigators that he didn't remember hearing the "Bite me" comment, though he made the remark that prompted it and laughed out loud in Hastings' presence when he heard it. [p. 372]

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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-operators-by-michael-hastings-10-juicy-bits-20120105



"We co-opted the media on that one." Har har.

PS: Thank you for the heads-up, bobthedrummer. Every time I read your posts, I get smarter. Every time, Sir.

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