Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling

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46 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 23 Jul

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Bannon`s War Room · Episode 5530: Somali Immigration Overrun Maine; Coming Up Short On Deportations · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

But can I try and go to the bigger picture and what's happening? matched

What I think is going on right now, and you got to take a look at the operational campaign of both nations. matched

So instead of merely destroying weapons, the U.S. matched

bombing things and striking things, the U.S. matched

now appears to be attacking the systems matched

and encircling the cities that allow Iran to regenerate military power, that's also an attempt to reduce their societal will, because the Trump administration believes there's a split between the Republican guards and the Ayatollah and the citizens. matched

So they are bombing places like Bandar Abbas and Isfahan, transportation hubs, bridges, fuel distribution sites. matched

And that's matched

Yes, that's separating the IRGC from its support system, but it's also increasing economic pressure, so they think, on the Iranian government. matched

And they believe they're trying to force a strategic decision matched

that would present Iran's leadership with that decision on whether they continue the conflict or go back to the negotiating table. matched

Now, on the other hand, Iran, they're keeping the straits closed. matched

They're continuing to deplete US defense capabilities, especially the rockets or the air defense systems that we have in the region. matched

They're dividing the US from their allies in the region, as we've seen in Jordan and Qatar and Kuwait and the UAE. matched

They are hurting us tactically because they know that the U.S. matched

will focus on individual combat deaths as we did this weekend, three combat deaths while there have been thousands killed inside of Iran. matched

They're opening new fronts for the proxies like David just mentioned, especially the Houthis in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. matched

That could close another waterway and could cause even more economic matched

problems. matched

So what the Iranians are doing while we're bombing locations, they're trading space for time and they're putting our allies and internal elements in the United States against us. matched

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