I’m not sure how saying you’re an “ex-Marine” burnishes your credentials. (Written as the son of an ex-Marine.) His service record indicates he was an electro-optical ordnance repairman. Nothing wrong with that, “thanks for your service,” but it hardly gives him an edge in geopolitical analysis.
I have been active in the financial markets for 40+ years, so when I see a talking head “expert” on Fox Business or CNBC or Bloomberg who I don’t recognize I always Google him to see what his track record is.
Brian Berletic lives in Bangkok. Aside from him using various names on his videos and articles, he has consistently promoted the CCP, defended the murderous Myanmar regime, and attacked Taiwan. His central theme is that the US is interfering with Thailand in its supposed pivot to China.
Bottom line: it’s dubious that he has anything to contribute to a discussion of the Ukrainian-Russian war more than any other schmo who spends an hour or so a day reading about it on the internet.
The Marine equipment repairman Brian Berletic, the Hindustan Times calls a Green Beret (Special Forces) also goes by Tony Cartalucci.