Nonilex6h ago

Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over #TrumpsWar, says #Iran posed no imminent threat

#JoeKent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the #Trump admin’s #war in Iran.

Kent said on social media Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation, & it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel & its powerful American lobby.”

#RegimeChange #law #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-kent-resignation-e2e17a76d79617a68370f076c0291208?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-17-Breaking+News

Show threadNonilex

Kent, a former political candidate with connections to #FarRight #extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.

As head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analyzing & detecting terrorist threats.

#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

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Show threadCraig Duncan5h ago

@Nonilex

His full letter has more detail than the social media post.

The non-credible part in the letter is Kent's suggestion Trump was deceived as to Iran's threat level by media and Israel. He gives no weight to Trump being both stupid and a willing source of the disinformation too. There's a possibility of both, of course, which is embarrassing to USA.

Show threadBam5h ago

@craigduncan

Is that the only “non-credible” part? Because I found his claims that (1) Israel's "powerful American lobby" caused the war in Iran, (2) Israel "dr[e]w us into the disastrous Iraq war," or (3) our fight against ISIS in Syria was "a war manufactured by Israel" not only non-credible, but deeply ahistorical and steeped in antisemitism along the lines of the old “Court Jew” and “Jew puppet master” style canards.

@Nonilex