Marc Polymeropoulos

MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod co-host. Once a USG alphabet soup intel guy. TBI/PTS survivor. Heavy metal nut. Unhinged RedSox fan.

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

I wrote a book that was published five years ago this month. What a humbling and amazing experience. Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA https://t.co/zskf5TxKew

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

With Bill Pulte, Trump Is Sending a Dangerous Message https://t.co/uE8Fed1G1Z via @NYTOpinion

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Looking forward to this. In particular, note @matthefler ‘s research and comments on the UK-French spy rivalry…. Right, “friendly” countries don’t spy on each other 😉…. Great stuff.

[Sky HISTORY @HISTORYUK]

"Churchill loved spies and secret services..." @matthefler reveals how espionage drove apart the British Prime Minister and Charles de Gaulle.

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[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Indefensible. Does Bibi want to ensure continued global pariah status, including further chipping away support in the US for Israel? It’s morally wrong but also geo strategically stupid. The Trump admin should condemn this.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 While the Trump administration - along with governments across Europe and the Middle East - is focused on the escalating crisis with Iran, the Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on Thursday a plan to fund the de facto establishment of 61 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a draft government decision I obtained.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Why it matters: A source familiar with the proposal said the government is expected to allocate more than $350 million over several years to move 61 newly authorized settlements from paper to reality.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The plan would fund temporary residential compounds, public buildings and infrastructure even before formal planning procedures are completed, marking one of the most significant settlement expansion moves in decades.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal is being championed by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The timing is significant: the government is seeking to approve the funding before a possible vote to dissolve the Knesset and trigger new elections - a scenario that could make large-scale budget allocations substantially more difficult.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Between the lines: Many of the settlements included in the proposal are located in strategically sensitive areas, including along Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley, in the South Hebron Hills, and in locations designed to create territorial continuity between existing settlements. Such a move further undermines the prospect of a future Palestinian state.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Rather than merely granting formal recognition to new settlements, the government would begin simultaneously funding housing, infrastructure and public services for dozens of communities - a move that could significantly reshape the map of the West Bank over the coming years.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 Zoom in: Under the plan, the government would finance temporary settlement sites that include mobile homes, public facilities, community infrastructure and support services.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal would also fund development work for the permanent settlements expected to follow, including roads, utilities and other core infrastructure.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The significance of the proposal lies not only in the number of settlements involved, but also in the government's decision to begin physical implementation before completing the full statutory planning process.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The proposal follows a government decision approved last week that allocated roughly $35 million for planning and regulatory work related to the same settlements. The new proposal moves beyond planning and into implementation.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 In practice, it would allow the government to establish temporary settlement sites while planning procedures are still underway, creating facts on the ground that could later evolve into permanent settlements.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 The big picture: The move comes amid a broader effort by the Israeli government to strengthen its hold over Area C of the West Bank and accelerate settlement expansion.
🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 It also follows a series of cabinet decisions over the past year authorizing dozens of new settlements, representing the largest wave of settlement approvals in years.

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

Your reminder that billionaires are not your friends, and this freak would rather sink his own team than let Mamdani and "the peasants" celebrate.

God, Dolan is terrible.

Sorry, Knicks fans.

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Wow!!! We saw alot of those bombs in high school. The feeling of now doing it on the big stage must be something else…. He has very much arrived!!!! 👊👊

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

BRYCE ELDRIDGE WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM!!!!

Giants come back from down 9-1 to stun the Nationals!

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Truth in all of it

[Tyler Milliken @tylermilliken_]

Rival evaluators just flaming the Red Sox offense in @alexspeier’s new piece:

“I can’t believe they are content going with so many [Triple-A] players — utility infielders — at the bottom of the lineup.”

“Lot of guys on the team who satisfy the model but are role players who are being overexposed.”

“I’m still confused on the Red Sox roster construction and truthfully how they thought it would turn out any different than it has. The holes that were there at the start of the season are still there.”

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Here is John Sipher methodically laying out why not only Bill Pulte is a dangerous choice to succeed Tulsi Gabbard, but really why the whole US IC is in extreme peril.

https://t.co/iAPoTAxEqd

[Ben Samuels @Bsamuels0]

100+ days into the Iran war and US messaging still all over the place

CENTCOM says strikes against Iran are "self defense" against "unwarranted & continued aggression"

Hegseth says it's "to set the terms to ensure that we get the kind of deal [Trump] expects"

So which is it?

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

@MarkHertling @NAFOteacher @general_ben @PhillipsPOBrien @michaeldweiss 👍👍

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

True. And not new. Most of my friends in ntl security space who really know Ukraine said this six plus months ago. @general_ben @PhillipsPOBrien @michaeldweiss

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Several retired U.S. generals and the former director of a U.S. intelligence agency told CBS News they believe Ukraine now has the upper hand in the war with Russia. https://t.co/gFRadMjeif

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Finally dove into the last piece from @shashj as Defense Editor of @TheEconomist , and it was even better than I had expected. Must read, as conflicts rage globally with no sign of stopping (despite the apparent futility of it all). Has been a delight to read Joshi’s many ntl security related pieces over the years , and he will be warmly welcomed to DC this summer, as he takes up his new post. “The dangerous delusion of modern warfare”
https://t.co/tN7fFpTvK2
from The Economist

[Dave Brown @dave_brown24]

The unmanned surface vessel, a Saronic Corsair, located the Apache crew, who had spent two hours in the waters off the coast of Oman and brought them to shore https://t.co/2ioXSuxX68 @jmalsin @shelbyholliday

[David French @DavidAFrench]

It is stunning to hear this from Kellyanne. Does she not hear herself? Is she truly not aware of the staggering hypocrisy?

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Fired up, every time

[Metallica @Metallica]

"Hair stands on the back of my neck..." 🐺 🇵🇱 #M72Chorzow

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Glad to see justice finally served for my friend and @MSNOWNews colleague David Rhode.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: A Taliban leader was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the abduction of the American journalist David Rohde in 2008. https://t.co/nintSWJEb9

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Does this help or hurt Bibi politically, in Israel? Smarter minds than me pls tell….

[i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN]

🔴 Trump casts doubt on Netanyahu’s political future: 'He’s had a great career, I wonder if he even wants to continue'

👉 Read more here
https://t.co/ebO7Aaf3aY

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Must read, from @ColinPClarke

[Colin P. Clarke, Ph.D. @ColinPClarke]

Europe is becoming Iran’s playground for terrorism. My latest with @shtuni in WaPo https://t.co/AwaL6TrX2R

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

@alexplitsas @CNNTheStoryIs @Elex_Michaelson @JeffStorobinsky Great hit 👊…. Personnel recovery via unmanned platform 🫡

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Trump called your wife ugly and u did shit. Take a knee brother. Sit this one out. Masculine r not.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ted Cruz on Talarico: "If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by it would blow him over like a feather."

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

They don’t do smart very well 😬

[Libbey Dean @LibbeyDean_]

President Trump tonight posted a clip from The West Wing in which President Bartlet rejects a “proportional” military response, saying:

“You kill an American, any American, we don’t come back with a proportional response. We come back with total disaster.”

CENTCOM described today’s strikes on Iran as a “proportional” response to Iran’s downing of a U.S. helicopter.
https://t.co/wxNb29U3Xx