Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday over objections to the war in Iran. He’s the first senior Trump administration official to do so.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” wrote Kent in a letter to Donald Trump.
Kent, a veteran of the Iraq war, also blamed Israel for that conflict: “Iran 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.” Continue reading “National Counterterrorism Center Director Resigns Over Iran War”