General Sir Patrick Sanders

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1,311 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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The General & The Journalist · Is Pete Hegseth’s macho culture fit for the military? · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

No.

If you need to

to wear a respirator with a tight feel, then you'll shave it off.

And a particular type of mustache.

I agree entirely with the spirit of what Stammer Crystal was saying, particularly that last bit, you know, that all people should look like me.

I think there is a risk in going too far and assuming that you only need a tiny number of operators with Braum, because I think that's a reflection of where Stammer Crystal served, which is largely in the special forces.

And of course that is true.

Tiny number of operators, huge amount of support behind them.

Whereas

if you look at what's going on in Ukraine, yes, we're seeing a lot of drones, but it hasn't removed the need for manpower or for people on the battlefield.

The the thing that unsettles me is that for me

Chest beating machismo is a sign of insecurity.

It's a sign of a force that is brittle, that doesn't have an inner confidence.

I I'm I'm suspicious of it.

You know, the um this I find this fascinating because I was I was talking to Ed Stringer about this a few years ago, and he explained to me that the very elite of the Royal Air Force served in a particular Jaguar squadron, and all of the chiefs of the air star came from that squadron.

And it was the idea, it wasn't just an aircraft type, it was a particular squadron that was that was important.

I mean, was Ed delusional?

The army.

But it's also a reflection of the fact that we're an army of tribes and you think that your tribe is the best.

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