L'Unità: Scossone nell’amministrazione Trump, lascia il capo dell’antiterrorismo: “L’Iran non era una minaccia, pressioni da Israele”

“Non posso in coscienza appoggiare la guerra in corso in Iran. L’Iran non rappresentava una minaccia imminente per la nostra nazione, ed è chiaro che abbiamo iniziato questa guerra a causa delle pressioni di Israele e della sua potente lobby americana”. Con queste parole, tanto dure quanto clamorose, l’amministrazione Trump fa i conti col primo funzionario di alto livello al suo interno che sceglie le dimissioni dopo lo scoppiare della guerra contro l’Iran.
Si tratta di Joe Kent e fino ad oggi era a capo del National Counterterrorism Center, l’agenzia statunitense responsabile dell’intelligence antiterrorismo. Nominato da Trump nel febbraio 2025, subito dopo l’insediamento alla Casa Bianca, Kent ha pubblicato sul suo profilo X la lettera di dimissioni in cui sottolinea la sua contrarietà all’intervento militare statunitense in Iran che ha mandato in ebollizione il Medio Oriente.
Kent nella sua lettera di dimissioni sostiene in particolare che “funzionari israeliani e figure influenti nei media americani hanno lanciato una campagna di disinformazione” volta a incoraggiare la guerra contro l’Iran, una campagna che ha tratto in inganno lo stesso Trump facendo credere al presidente Usa che il regime di Teheran rappresentasse una minaccia immediata per gli Stati Uniti e che, se avesse agito subito, la vittoria sarebbe stata raggiunta rapidamente.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this… pic.twitter.com/prtu86DpEr
— Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) March 17, 2026

“Era una menzogna, ed è la stessa tattica che gli israeliani hanno usato per trascinarci nella disastrosa guerra in Iraq, che ci è costata la vita di migliaia dei nostri migliori figli e figlie. Non possiamo ripetere questo errore”, ha scritto Kent nella sua lettera. Parole che di fatto sembra confermare quanto detto nei giorni scorsi dal Segretario di Stato Usa Marco Rubio, che aveva fatto intendere come gli Stati Uniti fossero entrati in guerra contro l’Iran su pressione del governo israeliano di Benjamin Netanyahu, tesi che Trump aveva poi negato.
Kent arriva da una storia personale e politica particolare. Ha avuto esperienza nell’esercito e sua moglie, come lui membro dell’esercito, era stata uccisa nel 2019 durante un attentato in Siria, a Manbij. Anche per questo era un convinto isolazionista, sposando pienamente l’ideologia MAGA (Make America Great Again, ndr) promosso proprio da Trump e dai suoi più ferventi seguaci.
Kent era anche uno dei più stretti collaboratori di Tulsi Gabbard, direttrice delle 18 agenzie dell’intelligence statunitensi e sostenitrice di molte delle teorie del complotto di Trump.

Shock in the Trump administration, the head of counter-terrorism resigns: “Iran was not a threat, pressure from Israel.”

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this…

It is a lie, and it’s the same tactic that Israelis used to drag us into the disastrous war in Iraq, which cost us the lives of thousands of our best sons and daughters. We cannot repeat this mistake,” Kent wrote in his resignation letter. Words that effectively confirm what was said in the days before by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had suggested that the United States had entered war with Iran under pressure from the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, a claim that Trump had later denied.

Kent comes from a particular personal and political history. He has military experience and his wife, also a member of the military, was killed in 2019 during an attack in Syria, in Manbij. This also made him a convinced isolationist, fully embracing the MAGA (Make America Great Again) ideology promoted by Trump and his most fervent followers.

Kent was also one of Tulsi Gabbard’s closest collaborators, director of the 18 US intelligence agencies and a supporter of many of Trump’s conspiracy theories.

#Trump #Israel #Israelis #State #MarcoRubio #theUnitedStates #BenjaminNetanyahu #Syria #Manbij #TulsiGabbard’s

https://www.unita.it/2026/03/17/dimissioni-capo-antiterrorismo-usa-guerra-iran-israele/

The story of #Manbij

https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/23/two-thousand-year-old-stele-greek-inscriptions-syria/

🇺🇸 US envoy Tom Barrack calls for diplomacy to end violence in Syria after clashes in Suwayda and Manbij. 🇸🇾 #Syria #Diplomacy #Peace #US #Manbij #Suwayda #PKK #YPG

https://kokcha.news/5223/us-envoy-calls-for-diplomacy-to-end-violence-in-syria/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Syrian Defense Ministry Accuses SDF of Attacking Army Forces in Manbij Lead:

Syrian Defense Ministry accuses SDF of attacking army forces in Manbij, injuring soldiers and civilians. 🇸🇾⚔️ #Syria #SDF #Manbij #SyrianArmy #KokchaNews

https://kokcha.news/5079/syrian-defense-ministry-accuses-sdf-of-attacking-army-forces-in-manbij-lead/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

📣 [Brochure "Diaries of a new dawn"]

We are happy to share the new brochure we just put together after two months of the collapse of the regime. We compiled our evaluations and analysis shared here since the beginning of December, collecting reflections about the ongoing events in Syria with an anarchist perspective.

Find it on The Anarchist Library @library
- Read directly from the webpage
- Or download the printing format or screen reading format (pdf)

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/a-in-nes-diaries-of-the-new-dawn-of-a-new-syria

Feel free to share it, print it and spread it out! 🖤

#Syria #VictoryCongress #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #HTS #AlSharaa #Rojava #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #Manbij #Kobane #Syria #NewsFromTheFront

#NewsFromTheFront
Weekly update from your anarchist comrades in #NES
02.02.25-08.02.25

Also available on https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/

Weekly highlights - 02.02.25 - 08.02.25

# MANBIJ CAR BOMB AND KOBANE WITHOUT WATER
Another car bomb detonated in Manbij killing 21 people, mostly women. SNA blames SDF, but SDF denies it and attributes it to SNA factions. SDF condemned the attack and called for an investigation, offering support to find the perpetrators.
Heavy clashes between SNA and SDF continued, with constant bombings of turkish air force on positions near Tishreen dam and Qereqozah bridge.
Turkish attacks rendered the main water station of Kobane out of order, leaving more than 200,000 people without drinking water. DAANES calls for international human rights organizations to condemn the attacks, calling it a war crime.

# US MAKING PLANS FOR WITHDRAWAL
With President Trump in office, the Department of Defense (DOD) is drafting plans for a possible withdrawal of all 2000 US troops on Syrian ground. Several proposals are being drafted, considering different time schemes of 20, 60, and 90 days. Pentagon officials stated that for now there is no order to evacuate, but that their work is to have plans for any possible situation.

# SYRIAN-TURKISH 'DEEP STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP'
Following a visit of Al-Sharaa in Ankara, both presidents vowed to establish a close partnership. Al-Sharaa emphasized pressure of Israeli withdrawal, Erdogan cooperation on combating terrorism and pushing back on PKK in Syria. Announcements of a formal defense pact are not officially made yet, but there are clear indicators of Turkey willing to make us of air bases in Syria, as well as offering military support to rebuild a new Syrian army. This will include retaining influence on SNA forces that are expected to joint the new Syrian army.

# NEW DEPLOYMENTS OF HTS IN SNA AREAS
The military operations command, linked to the transitional government of HTS, increased it's deployment of forces in SNA controlled areas. This followed the announcement of SNA joining the new Syrian army, as well as the promotion of several commanders of SNA to high ranks. Among those promoted there is Abu Amsha, leader of the joint forces (hamza and Suleiman Shah brigades), who was behind the assassination of the kurdish polititian Hevrin Xalef in 2019.

# NEW AIR RAIDS OF ISRAEL AND UN ASSESSMENT
UN delegation arrived to Quneitra region to asses the situation after Israel forces organized a partial withrawal from the region. Israel air forces also re-started bombing campaigns, targeting different locations around Damascus, declaring that those are attacks directed to Hamas and weapons that Hamas may use against Israel.

# COMMON DELEGATION PYD-ENKS
ENKS, political organization connected to KDP in Rojava, announced their intentions to have a common delegation with PYD to Damascus, with the objective to negotiate the political status of the kurdish regions of northern Syria. ENKS stated that rejects any proposals of autonomy for north-east Syria and calls for a federal model.

# NEGOTIATIONS AND NEW POLITICAL COUNCIL IN SUWAYDA
Political, military and religious entities created a new council together, pledging to “fill the political void, unify perspectives, and mobilize efforts in line with the evolving needs of Syrians in the upcoming phase.” The transitional government sent a delegation and held meetings with druze authorities, negotiating the process of integration of druze armed forces in the new Syrian army, allegedly in exchange of some political benefits, but seems no definite agreement has been reached yet.

# EXPECTATION FOR THE MESSAGE FROM ÖCALAN
According to DEM-Party, Öcalan prepares historic call for the February 15th, the day that will make 26 years of his imprisonment.

# PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL ON ROJAVA VS. TURKEY
At the Free University of Brussels, jurists, human rights activists, affected people and witnesses take part in the 2-day event to investigate and publicize the human right violations in NES. Turkey declined the invitation.

# ANALYSIS

Now it's two months since Bashar al-Assad left Syria, marking the collapse of the regime and the beginning of a new phase for Syria. Since then, HTS had been gradually taking more and more control of the state apparatus, culminating with the self-proclamation of al-Sharaa as president of Syria. The provisional government, originally announced for three months, legitimized it's authority with a staged "victory congress" where only military commanders could assist, announcing now a period of 4 or 5 years before any elections can take place in Syria. Western support for the new regime kept the press away from calling it a military coup, but it is clearly what happened. This new administration counts with full support of the Turkish state, undermining any constructive agreement with the DAANES to joint efforts and build a democratic Syria.

Negotiations between the new administration in Damascus and the SDF continue, but it is clear that any agreement is out of reach, specially after SNA forces (turkish proxies) are being promoted inside the ranks of the new Syrian army. With Trump on the white house and his calls for US forces to withdraw, the future of the autonomous administration is very uncertain. Other minorities in Syria are slowly being bent under the authority of the new centralized rule, as international states support and assist the new government to establish its power. Any dreams of democratization and revolutionary steps for Syria fade away, as the new administration gets integrated into the ranks of capitalist nation-states.

The imperialist influence that Russia and Iran had over the Assad regime are being exchanged for the imperialist influence of Turkish neo-otoman dreams, with support of Turkish NATO partners of western countries. The islamic fundamentalist politics of the self-proclaimed president of Syria are now kept hidden, waiting to consolidate their power grip before to start any moves that could scare their newly acquired western partners. The promises of protection for ethnic minorities and women rights probably will last until economical sanctions are lifted, but after that nothing will remain between the new centralized state and any resistance against their authoritarian measures.

The revolution of northern Syria is funneled into a very difficult position, forced to accept the integration into a new Syrian state under the rule of an islamist force, or the annihilation under the bombs of the Turkish army. But after more than a decade of revolutionary developments in Syria, and more than four decades of efforts and struggle of the Kurdish Liberation Movement, a promise of an historic announcement is now brought to the table by Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned leader of PKK. In less than a weak it will be 26 years since hee was imprisoned in the prison of Imrali, and this 15th of February is the date that this historic announcement is expected.

At the same time, many anarchist from all around the world are also coming together in solidarity with the Syrian revolution, organizing events in memory of Omar Aziz. On the 16th of February will be 12 years since he died in the brutal prisons of Assad regime, a regime that after more than 50 years finally collapsed. We will remember him and commemorate his legacy as a revolutionary example, building bridges of solidarity over all Syria and all around the world. Now more than ever revolutionary forces must stand together to face the darkening times ahead of us. We remember our sehids, as well as all revolutionaries that gave their lives fighting for a better world.

Revolutionary greetings! 

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