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HARDtalk: General Sir Richard Shirreff

Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Nato, General Sir Richard Shirreff

13/03/2015 GMT

General Sir Richard Shirreff

BBC World News - HARDtalk, General Sir Richard Shirreff

Stephen Sackur meets General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy commander of NATO forces.

General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy commander of NATO forces, claims Britain and NATO exhibit weakness on conflicts from Ukraine to Syria. Is there a strategic alternative?

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to General Sir Richard Shirreff, recently retired as deputy commander of NATO forces. He's recently described British Prime Minister David Cameron as hesitant and vacillating, and claims Britain and NATO are exhibiting dangerous weakness on conflicts from Ukraine to Syria. But is there a viable strategic alternative?

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