Obama's drone program, in fact, amounts to the largest unmanned aerial offensive ever conducted in military history: never have so few killed… — Michael Hastings Aerial Copy Share Image
I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country. — Michael Hastings About Copy Share Image
When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply… — Michael Hastings Any Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Afghan Copy Share Image
I had a recurring fantasy in which I took (Rudy Giuliani) out during a press conference (it was nonlethal, just something that… — Michael Hastings America Copy Share Image
I love living in Vermont and I love living in New York. Does my love for Vermont give us the right to… — Michael Hastings Culture Copy Share Image
I'm talking to people all of the time. So it hasn't really had a big impact. Access is never my main concern… — Michael Hastings Access Copy Share Image
Johnny Apple, a New York Times correspondent, wrote a front-page story saying Afghanistan could be a quagmire and he was mocked and… — Michael Hastings Afghanistan Copy Share Image
We also need to look at precedent before making these decisions. Instead of listening to Muammar Qaddafi's rhetoric, we should look at… — Michael Hastings Decision Copy Share Image
The genius of David Petraeus has always been his masterful manipulation of the media. — Michael Hastings Always Copy Share Image
I've always said that if you want to find out what's going on in Iraq or Afghanistan or Libya, I'll give you… — Michael Hastings Afghanistan Copy Share Image
And there's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden… — Michael Hastings Asking Copy Share Image
Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this… — Michael Hastings About Copy Share Image
There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness'… — Michael Hastings Any Copy Share Image
As the wealthiest country with all the blessings that we have, do we have an obligation to help the outside world? I… — Michael Hastings Blessing Copy Share Image
I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising. — Michael Hastings Advertising Copy Share Image
A soldier in Iraq said that he wanted to "punch Donald Rumsfeld in the gut, then in the face" or something like… — Michael Hastings Frustration Copy Share Image
Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from… — Michael Hastings About Copy Share Image
Andrew Warren was a rarity in the CIA's Clandestine Service - African-American, fluent in Arabic, and relatively young for an agent who'd… — Michael Hastings Afghanistan Copy Share Image
The way the Pentagon and its defenders have pushed back against this story is to say: "They weren't doing psychological operations, they… — Michael Hastings Affair Copy Share Image
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma… — Michael Hastings Admitting Copy Share Image
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day.… — Michael Hastings Day Copy Share Image
