WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23:  Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal looks
down after receiving the Department of Defense Distinguished
Service Medal and the Army Distinguished Service Medal during a
retirement ceremony at Fort McNair July 23, 2010 in Washington,
DC.  The ceremony honored McChrystal, who was the commander of
U.S. forces in Afghanistan, who has served in the military since
1976 is retiring after being relieved of command for comments he
made to a Rolling Stone Reporter about President Barack Obama
and his administration.  (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty
Images)  Bombshell ... Hastings's book is based on his Rolling
Stone story about US Army General Stanley McChrystal. Photo:
Getty Images  "I went into journalism to do journalism, not
advertising,'' independent American journalist Michael Hastings
told The Huffington Post in 2010. ''My views are critical but
that shouldn't be mistaken for hostile - I'm just not a
stenographer.''   Hastings concludes, after spending extensive
time with generals and milita