abstract:Michael Gerald Hastings (2 September 1938 – 19 November 2011) was a British playwright, screen-writer, and occasional novelist and poet. He is best known for his 1984 play about the poet T.
Rolling Stone journalist MichaelHastings has said that General McChrystal's comments which led to his dismissal "indicates how deep the frustration is" with the Afghan strategy.
Perhaps if MichaelHastings had started his Rolling Stone interview with General McChrystal this way, McChrystal would have been more taciturn around him.