politics
March 18, 2026
US counterterrorism chief resigns in protest over Iran war
The US war against Iran “serves no benefit to the American people,” Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent has said
TL;DR
- Joe Kent, head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in protest over the US war with Iran.
- Kent stated that Israel dragged the US into the conflict, which he believes does not serve American interests.
- He claimed Iran posed no imminent threat and the war was a result of pressure from Israel and its American lobby.
- Kent compared the current situation to the misinformation used to justify the 2003 Iraq War.
- He expressed his inability to support a war that offers no benefit to the American people or justifies the cost in American lives.
- The resignation follows reports of Trump considering seizing Iran's Kharg Island.
- US-Israeli attacks have reportedly caused over 1,000 Iranian civilian deaths and triggered retaliatory attacks, closing the Strait of Hormuz.
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