General Sir Patrick Sanders

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

General Sir Patrick Sanders’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The General & The Journalist · How Ukraine’s leadership crisis impacts the war · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean I d I don't think we should read voice-verified

too much into the dispute between Fedorov and CSK. voice-verified

You know, in some respects, having this sort of argument playing out is actually a sign of a healthy strategic culture. voice-verified

And it and it happens because the stakes are so high. voice-verified

I mean this is literally life and death for tens of thousands of people. voice-verified

It's you know, this is about national survival. voice-verified

So, you know, look at it this way, it it would be an absolute dereliction of duty voice-verified

If different ideas on strategy and on operational maneuver weren't being tested with a huge amount of emotion and conviction and to you know being those arguments being tested to destruction. voice-verified

I mean Elliot Cohen, who I've talked about before, you know, mentions this in his book. voice-verified

He describes it as this notion of an unequal dialogue, but between a a political leader or political wartime leader and a military leader, there has to be a dialogue, and dialogue is voice-verified

Often involves a lot of friction and argument. voice-verified

There's lots of historical examples. voice-verified

Churchill removed the chief of the general staff, John Dill, at the start of the Second World War. voice-verified

He brought in Allenbrooke, and you've got to re you know, you read Allenbrooke's diaries for the levels of antagonism and table thumping arguments that he had with Churchill. voice-verified

And there are plenty of other examples. voice-verified

You know, Rumsfeld was doing it when I was serving in Iraq. voice-verified

That's the point, isn't it? voice-verified

Well. voice-verified

That's exactly the point. voice-verified

Doesn't mean that the politicians are always right. voice-verified

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