BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... October 3, 2021 09:41:00
Is there a difficulty that you're hinting at in the way the military talk? you are by definition can—do people. some people describe it as happy talk. no, we can do this. you have to motivate. you're asking people to risk their lives, and politicians, particularly with no experience in the armed forces, can mistake that and think it's going to be fine. it can't go wrong. there's definitely something about leadership and the importance of being positive in leadership, because if you ask people to do difficult things, often things where they can lose their lives, you're hardly likely to do it ...