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2010-07-07 Fifth Column

Journalist who got Stanley McChrystal fired lands Afghanistan book deal

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-07-07 10:56|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I have to take exception with the headline here. First, it was Stanley McChrystal who got McChrystal fired. The Rolling Stones article simply facilitated the event. Second, its quite a stretch to refer to Michael Hasting as a journalist. But I suppose correctly referring to him as an Anti-military Hack may alter the thrust of this piece.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-07-07 11:42|| 2010-07-07 11:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Hastings needs to go to Afghanistan and do a piece on wayward drones.

Posted by FighterAce 2010-07-07 12:50|| 2010-07-07 12:50|| Front Page Top

#3 ....doesn't that describe the Rolling Stone's article?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-07 19:24|| 2010-07-07 19:24|| Front Page Top

#4 McChrystal and his staff made the same mistake with Hastings that CIA station chief Jennifer Lynne Matthews and her staff did with suicide bomber al-Balawi at FOB Chapman.

They got complacent and invited a security risk into their circle. The difference is that the general and his staff merely lost their then-current jobs (and ultimately their careers).

Posted by Pappy 2010-07-07 21:29|| 2010-07-07 21:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Versus

PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [Former CO + McChrystal Replacement]GENERAL PETRAEUS KNOWS THE US AFGHANISTAN WAR IS LOST???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-07 23:01|| 2010-07-07 23:01|| Front Page Top

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