“ Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you. ”
If feels good to live after death. It feels good to not be dead. It feels so good to find myself alive and flying home. The music plays in my ears and I float further and further away from war. Fucking Baghdad.
~ Michael Hastings
The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever known, they were getting their asses kicked by illiterate peasants who made bombs out of manure and wood.
You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.
