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The article that this grew out of, published in Rolling Stone, resulted in General Stanley McChrystal's ousting. Only, the article itself was pretty innocuous, as far as things went. In fact, much of the media furore took place BEFORE the article was available to the general public. (Which, at the time, irked me no end...)
Now, if this book had been published first... That would have been an entirely different matter. The Operators is FILLED to bursting with examples of Administration incompetence, super-sized egos without the intelligence or knowledge to back up their arrogance, and any number of other examples that could have given more legitimate grounds to fire a general. In this book, we see plenty of examples of indelicate and unpolitic utterances from the General and his hero-worshiping staff members. And yet, to my eyes and mind, most of what was said to Hastings (R.I.P.) was... well, entirely expected.
I'll write more on this on Politics Reader over the weekend, and post the link to the piece on here when it's ready.
Now, if this book had been published first... That would have been an entirely different matter. The Operators is FILLED to bursting with examples of Administration incompetence, super-sized egos without the intelligence or knowledge to back up their arrogance, and any number of other examples that could have given more legitimate grounds to fire a general. In this book, we see plenty of examples of indelicate and unpolitic utterances from the General and his hero-worshiping staff members. And yet, to my eyes and mind, most of what was said to Hastings (R.I.P.) was... well, entirely expected.
I'll write more on this on Politics Reader over the weekend, and post the link to the piece on here when it's ready.