James Holland

It has the size, but one of the problems that France has is that it's very, very top heavy. It's very cumbersome in the way it operates. There's no question that it's got some brilliant young commanders, but at the top, the commander's very old. Most of them are First World War veterans, you know, whether, I mean, Weygand, Gamelan, General Georges, these people, they're all well into their 60s.

It has the size, but one of the problems that France has is that it's very, very top heavy. It's very cumbersome in the way it operates. There's no question that it's got some brilliant young commanders, but at the top, the commander's very old. Most of them are First World War veterans, you know, whether, I mean, Weygand, Gamelan, General Georges, these people, they're all well into their 60s.

It has a size, but one of the problems that France has is that it's very, very top-heavy.

It's very cumbersome in the way it operates.

There's no question that it's got some brilliant young commanders, but at the top, the commanders are very old.

Most of them are first world war veterans, you know, whether he, I mean, Reagan, Gamelan, general George, um, these people, they're all well into their sixties.

Um, general George is the youngest army commander and he's 60.

General Georges is the youngest army commander and he's 60. You know, it's too old to be an army commander. You need to be in your kind of late 40s, early 50s. And they're too just consumed by conservatism and the old ways and what what they assume is that any future war will be much like the first world war.

General Georges is the youngest army commander and he's 60. You know, it's too old to be an army commander. You need to be in your kind of late 40s, early 50s. And they're too just consumed by conservatism and the old ways and what what they assume is that any future war will be much like the first world war.

General Georges is the youngest army commander and he's 60. You know, it's too old to be an army commander. You need to be in your kind of late 40s, early 50s. And they're too just consumed by conservatism and the old ways and what what they assume is that any future war will be much like the first world war.

You know, it's too old to be a, an army commander.

You need to be in your kind of late forties, early fifties.

And they're too just consumed by conservatism and the old ways and what

What they assume is that any future war will be much like the First World War.

It'll be attritional long and drawn out, but static, but actually they're right on two parts of it. It is, as it turns out, it is going to be long and drawn out and attritional, but it's going to be mobile rather than static. And that's a big miscalculation.

It'll be attritional long and drawn out, but static, but actually they're right on two parts of it. It is, as it turns out, it is going to be long and drawn out and attritional, but it's going to be mobile rather than static. And that's a big miscalculation.

It'll be attritional long and drawn out, but static, but actually they're right on two parts of it. It is, as it turns out, it is going to be long and drawn out and attritional, but it's going to be mobile rather than static. And that's a big miscalculation.

It'll be attritional, long, and drawn out, but static.

But actually, they're right on two parts of it.

As it turns out, it is going to be long and drawn out and attritional, but it's going to be mobile rather than static.