David Petraeus Quotes by Michael Hastings

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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…
• A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it ……
• The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite…
• Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising,
• When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.
• Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this…
• I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance…
• It was either write or die for me.
• I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.
• I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.
• I was very fortunate to have fallen in love with an amazing woman. She was killed in a very horrible, horrific way…
• As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central…

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