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State of the Union: NCC Director Joe Kent said the war was the result of Israeli pressure. The post Head of National Counterterrorism Center Resigns Over Iran War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned his post Tuesday in response to the war in Iran, which he argued was unjustified. โIran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,โ Kent wrote in a post on X announcing his resignation, effective the same day. โAs a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.โ Kent concluded by urging President Donald Trump toโฆOpen