
Mark Hertling
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Mark Hertling
@MarkHertling
Retired soldier. Loves family, dedicated to nation. Student of leadership, nat’l security.








To interpret the hesitation of NATO allies to join in Trump's unilateral and incoherent war as abandonment is to misunderstand the alliance entirely. Which, of course, is what the president is doing. New from @MarkHertling: lnk.thebulwark.com/4tjrZM3










"Tactical moves must be sequenced into an operational campaign, and military campaigns must be tied to a political objective." @MarkHertling learned that in a wargame. That's the easy way. Is Trump about to make us all learn it the hard way? lnk.thebulwark.com/4sKtu6g



.@MarkHertling w/ @FareedZakaria Focus: What needs to happen to take Kharg Island and much more General Hertling U.S. Army (ret) is a military analyst, contributor to @BulwarkOnline and author of the bestseller "If I don't Return, A Father's Wartime Journal" 3.29.26







