Many people won't go into politics now that i think are badly needed by the nation. We have over representation of opportunists, clever people who are willing to do whatever it takes on either side just to achieve their particular ambitions. It's a little like mob rule. If you can get the mob to run at somebody's house and and burn it down, tar and fatherum, as has happened in times past, then you can get them less likely to speak up. And so we've made it that getting into the fray is pretty hard to reverse or to stand. A lot of people don't want to put themselves, their family, their business, or any other of their connections through
General Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, and former commander of Joint Special Operations Command, America’s premier military counter-terrorism force.
General McChrystal is also the founder of the McChrystal Group, a senior fellow at Yale University, and the author of several New York Times bestselling books including Leaders: Myth & Reality and his most recent book Risk: A User’s Guide.
General McChrystal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how to assess risk, core qualities of leadership he looks for, propaganda, the conflict in Ukraine and more.
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