Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling

And even a week before the invasion, he was telling everybody he wasn't going to invade. So how do you trust somebody like that? And say, oh, yeah, we can move forward if we can just get him to the peace table and give him X amount of Ukrainian territory and call it even. That's not what the Ukrainian people deserve.

And even a week before the invasion, he was telling everybody he wasn't going to invade. So how do you trust somebody like that? And say, oh, yeah, we can move forward if we can just get him to the peace table and give him X amount of Ukrainian territory and call it even. That's not what the Ukrainian people deserve.

And even a week before the invasion, he was telling everybody he wasn't going to invade. So how do you trust somebody like that? And say, oh, yeah, we can move forward if we can just get him to the peace table and give him X amount of Ukrainian territory and call it even. That's not what the Ukrainian people deserve.

He lies and doesn't negotiate in good faith, much like other autocrats around the world.

He lies and doesn't negotiate in good faith, much like other autocrats around the world.

He lies and doesn't negotiate in good faith, much like other autocrats around the world.

Yeah, you know, I was able to go to Russia on four different occasions, and the first time was an exchange. I had the Russian chief of the ground forces, a three-star, visit me first.

Yeah, you know, I was able to go to Russia on four different occasions, and the first time was an exchange. I had the Russian chief of the ground forces, a three-star, visit me first.

Yeah, you know, I was able to go to Russia on four different occasions, and the first time was an exchange. I had the Russian chief of the ground forces, a three-star, visit me first.

This was in, oh gosh, 2011, I think. This wasn't the first time I was in Russia, but it was the first time we had this exchange. And when I went over to see his forces... Everything I saw was a demonstration. Everything that he was telling me was a training event was just a rote exercise that people had practiced multiple times over and over for show.

This was in, oh gosh, 2011, I think. This wasn't the first time I was in Russia, but it was the first time we had this exchange. And when I went over to see his forces... Everything I saw was a demonstration. Everything that he was telling me was a training event was just a rote exercise that people had practiced multiple times over and over for show.

This was in, oh gosh, 2011, I think. This wasn't the first time I was in Russia, but it was the first time we had this exchange. And when I went over to see his forces... Everything I saw was a demonstration. Everything that he was telling me was a training event was just a rote exercise that people had practiced multiple times over and over for show.

When I talked to the generals, they were almost always drunk. When I talked to the lieutenants and captains. They were obviously just obeying orders of the drunk generals. They had no sergeant's corps. They didn't have a very good doctrine. You could tell where most of their senior leaders were corrupt and stealing things from the government. They treated their soldiers like crap.

When I talked to the generals, they were almost always drunk. When I talked to the lieutenants and captains. They were obviously just obeying orders of the drunk generals. They had no sergeant's corps. They didn't have a very good doctrine. You could tell where most of their senior leaders were corrupt and stealing things from the government. They treated their soldiers like crap.

When I talked to the generals, they were almost always drunk. When I talked to the lieutenants and captains. They were obviously just obeying orders of the drunk generals. They had no sergeant's corps. They didn't have a very good doctrine. You could tell where most of their senior leaders were corrupt and stealing things from the government. They treated their soldiers like crap.

I mean, I was in a training barracks one time where I literally saw one of the young officers beating up a soldier with a baton. I mean, just corporal punishment. So there's no trust between the military and the government, and there's no trust between the soldiers and their military leaders.

I mean, I was in a training barracks one time where I literally saw one of the young officers beating up a soldier with a baton. I mean, just corporal punishment. So there's no trust between the military and the government, and there's no trust between the soldiers and their military leaders.

I mean, I was in a training barracks one time where I literally saw one of the young officers beating up a soldier with a baton. I mean, just corporal punishment. So there's no trust between the military and the government, and there's no trust between the soldiers and their military leaders.

Yeah, I guess I can't comment on that because I'm one of the world generals. You know that. But you build trust and you build the capability to fight by treating people well and by building teams and understanding the complexities of modern war. Russia doesn't do that. You know, it was interesting that I tell the story that the general, Streicher was his name, came to visit me in Germany.

Yeah, I guess I can't comment on that because I'm one of the world generals. You know that. But you build trust and you build the capability to fight by treating people well and by building teams and understanding the complexities of modern war. Russia doesn't do that. You know, it was interesting that I tell the story that the general, Streicher was his name, came to visit me in Germany.