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
Thanks goes to @pennbarker and all those at @BulwarkOnline for the careful editing and contributions to what I submit for publication. An awesome team.
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“Good intelligence informs decisions; it does not justify them. And it should never be delivered—or received—with hubris. In war and in policy, humility is not weakness. It’s a virtue that respects the gravity of any tough decisions being made.” My latest in @BulwarkOnline.
I’ve Seen People Misuse Intelligence Before. It Never Ends Well.
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RT @BulwarkOnline: For the Nordic-Baltic Eight, Russia's invasion of Ukraine clarified something that should have been obvious to the rest….
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RT @JeffStorobinsky: 6.28.25 150 pm ET MSNBC's Alex Witt @alexwitt w/. Military Analyst Lt General Mark Hertling U.S. Army (ret) @MarkHert….
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Breaking from national security and Constitutional issues to say something important:. AppleTV+ absolutely sucks in doing baseball coverage. @MLB you can’t let this continue. Get back to the greats on regional cable journalism with guys like @RegionalTVCat.
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Went to Sweden a month ago (the Swedish Defence College), going to the Baltics next week…there’s something special going on with the Nordic-Baltic 8. My latest in the @BulwarkOnline. Take a read….
NATO's "Nordic-Baltic 8" countries aren’t spending more because Washington told them to. They’re investing in defense because Russia reminded them why deterrence matters. We should be following *their* lead. New from @MarkHertling:.
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RT @JeffStorobinsky: 6.26.25 430 PM ET MSNBC Anchor @NicolleDWallace w/. Military Analyst Lt General Mark Hertling U.S. Army (ret) @MarkHe….
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These were important discussions.
6.26.25 430 PM ET MSNBC Anchor @NicolleDWallace w/. Military Analyst Lt General Mark Hertling U.S. Army (ret) @MarkHertling . Senior NBC News Correspondent Courtney Kube @ckubeNBC . @nytimes National Security reporter Julian Barnes @julianbarnes . Blocks A & B combined (19 min)
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“Never pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel.” - Mark Twain . Plus, freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democracy that holds the government accountable.
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He’s speaking to a group of mostly European journalists. Most of them come from countries that have historical experience with this kind of anti-journalist commentary. They understand what he’s doing. Too many Americans don’t.
Trump: CNN is scum. MSDNC is scum. The New York Times is scum. They are bad people. They're sick. Hard to believe this is a president
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My latest in @thebulwark DIA is a great organization. They state facts as they assess them. Let them work to give us information.
It's way too early to claim that the Iran airstrikes were a smashing success. And it's also too early to consider as definitive the early reports suggesting limited effectiveness. It takes time, and that's just the way it is. NEW from @MarkHertling:.
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It might be a good idea, @kaitlancollins quiz Sen Mullins on what are the various intelligence gathering capabilities of the DIA, since they have much more than “eyes in the sky,” they are the IC’s and DoD’s go-to agency for the conduct of BDA, & the reason is because they.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin on the Defense Intelligence Agency’s preliminary report that the strikes on Iran did not destroy the nuclear sites: “Absolutely, 100% do not trust this.” I pressed him on why.
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A terrific conversation with @SRuhle and others on the panel about the DIA report and the associated “churn” that is occurring for the intel facts not necessarily being in line with the administration’s words.
6.24.25 1120 pm ET MSNBC Anchor of @11thHour, Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle w/. Military Analyst Lt General Mark Hertling U.S. Army (ret) @MarkHertling . @reuters WH Correspondent Jeff Mason @jeffmason1 . @wapo Investigative reporter @CarolLeonnig . Former Congressman David Jolly
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