Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
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Retired soldier. Loves family, dedicated to nation. Student of leadership, nat’l security.
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Joined December 2015
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” . My latest in @BulwarkOnline .
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If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
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RT @BulwarkOnline: "I’ve learned in my military career that disagreement, when voiced respectfully and appropriately, is not disrespect. In….
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There are good reasons the best leaders don’t surround themselves with sycophants.
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The President and SecDef love yes men. That’s very, very dangerous. My latest in @BulwarkOnline
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There are good reasons the best leaders don’t surround themselves with sycophants.
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RT @BulwarkOnline: A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms. ICYMI @MarkHertling:.
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A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms.
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An excellent & extremely relevant piece in @theatlantic by former CIA Director and State Department Foreign Service Officer William Burns.
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You all deserved better.
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Thank you, sir @stavridisj. We saw enough of this man’s actions and how they reverberated in Europe, to be sure.
This is an incredibly comprehensive and accurate view of the sweeping malign activities of Vladimir Putin by a brilliant, first hand observer, @MarkHertling . The Trump administration would be wise to pay close attention to this litany of evil.
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RT @BulwarkOnline: "Putin has shown the world again and again that his word is worthless. To trust him in any negotiation is to play poker….
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A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms.
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RT @Timodc: "Putin Always Breaks His Word. Why Would This Time Be Different?: A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms." -….
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A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms.
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Some Putin History (some of which was cited on @Lawrence last night). my latest in @BulwarkOnline . Putin Always Breaks His Word. Why Would This Time Be Different?
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A peace agreement with Putin is a contradiction in terms.
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There is an AI generated photo of me on Facebook. I want all my friends who may see this account to report it as fake, as I haven’t been on Facebook since 2016. Thanks. The age of disinformation is upon us.
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Thanks @JeffStorobinsky for providing the entire clip.
.@MarkHertling w/ @Lawrence . Focus: The Ukraine-Russia war, the players and trust.8.20.25 1045 pm ET
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The ability to get into the weeds and the details is a strength of the administration. BTW, it’s an area called Nagorno-Karabakh.
Dementia Don strikes again. Trump claims he solved the conflict between “Aber-baijan and Albania.”. (He meant Armenia and Azerbaijan, but close enough, right?).
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An interview I did with my friend @katiephang. Any feedback is welcomed (not all will get replies).
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RT @BulwarkOnline: Ukraine’s war has always been about more than geography—not just since the full-scale invasion in 2022 but since the ann….
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A principled ceasefire and negotiation require hard work. Trump prefers a fantasy peace.
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8.18.25 420 pm ET.MSNBC Anchor @NicolleDWallace w/. Military Analyst Lt. General Mark Hertling U.S. Army (ret) @MarkHertling . Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University Michael Mcfaul @McFaul . Former
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"In any negotiation, when the aggressor is legitimized and the victim is sidelined, the result will be not peace but disaster." My latest in @BulwarkOnline
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A principled ceasefire and negotiation require hard work. Trump prefers a fantasy peace.
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RT @SarahLongwell25: .@MarkHertling: "A principled ceasefire and negotiation require hard work. Trump prefers a fantasy peace." . Only @Bul….
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Joining @Morning_Joe at 7 am tomorrow to discuss Ukraine and Russia. All sorts of things to talk about.
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