Why in the World Are We Pulling Troops out of Poland? | Command Post
5/20/202651 min
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker went live on Wednesday morning to give their takes on NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's comments about the Strait of Hormuz and the reported plan by the U.S. and Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back to power in Iran. Plus, Ben and Mark break down why Pete Hegseth's decision to pull troops out of Poland makes no sense and dismiss Vance's ridiculous comments about Trump and Ukraine.
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First 90 secondsBen Parker· Host0:00
Hi, I'm Ben Parker from The Bulwark And hi, I'm Mark Hertling from The Bulwark Welcome back to another episode of Command Post. Uh, we're basically gonna be talking about the same things again today, what's going on in Iran and what's going on in Europe. What's going on in Europe really has not gotten a lot of, uh, enough attention, both what's happening in Ukraine and also what our own military announcements have been lately. So we're gonna talk about that. But, um, first, General, we gotta start off with, uh, an Iran update. We've had conflicting reports these last two days. The first was a couple days ago. It was reported that NATO was gonna come to the rescue, and they were gonna... The cavalry [laughs] was gonna ride in over the horizon and, and open up the Strait of Hormuz. And then, uh, this morning, I think we have a screenshot of... the, uh, producer Matt can pull it up, of the report. Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, saying, "Uh, no, we're not, we're not going to do that." Yeah, there it is.
Mark Hertling· Host0:51
Yeah. What, what I'd say to this, Ben, this is, this is really fascinating to watch because the president, President Trump, continues to insult NATO for not coming to the rescue, and then he changes his tune. But truthfully, you know, one of the talking points he's used is, "Hey, we've helped NATO for 80 years, and we're asking for their help now, and they're not gonna give it to us." But this is not the kind of thing NATO was built for. A- and when I say that, you know, I- I- Rutte has already clearly signaled that NATO is not preparing a collective naval operation in the, in the Gulf. They, they are designed,