The National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said he couldn’t support Israel’s alleged pressure to continue the war with Iran.
WASHINGTON — One the United States’ top counterterrorism officials has resigned, citing the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran war and alleged pressure from Israel.
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center announced his resignation Tuesday morning on social media, saying Iran “posed no imminent threat” to the U.S. before the war.
“It is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent said in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump. “Early
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