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US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - LightAngel - 03-17-2026
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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 lobby," Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump posted on X.
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran | Reuters
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - quintessentone - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 02:46 PM)LightAngel Wrote: WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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 lobby," Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump posted on X.
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran | Reuters
More higher ups are against this war too, whether or not they will come forward is the question.
The discussions now seem to be heading to war crimes against US government's 'shock and awe' first attacks on hospitals and especially the strike which incinerated 170 women, school children and teachers at that school next to the abandoned military compound which was on the no strike list but was on Hegseth's 'shock and awe' list for a show of force.
There is no honor in this war.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - gortex - 03-17-2026
I think his resignation and words are significant being as Kent is a US special forces and CIA veteran as well as a Donald Trump appointee.
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He is I think on the right side of History , Israel duped Trump into this war of their choosing which I believe should be a worry for Americans , this does not Make America Great as is shown by the lack of support Internationally for this conflict it makes America weaker.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - xuenchen - 03-17-2026
He's a left-over double agent, they exposed him finally.
They gave him a choice after he got bought-off this time by Demokratz.
Party:
Republican (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations:
Libertarian (2012–2019)
Democratic (2019–2021)
wiki --> Joe Kent
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - quintessentone - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 05:00 PM)xuenchen Wrote: He's a left-over double agent, they exposed him finally.
They gave him a choice after he got bought-off this time by Demokratz.
Party:
Republican (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations:
Libertarian (2012–2019)
Democratic (2019–2021)
wiki --> Joe Kent
Then what does that make Trump?
A loyal ideological alignment to only his bank account?
"Donald Trump's political affiliations have changed multiple times over his lifetime, reflecting a pattern of shifting party registrations rather than consistent ideological alignment.
- 1969–1978: Registered as a Republican in Queens, New York.
- 1987: Re-registered as a Republican in Manhattan.
- 1999–2001: Joined the Reform Party (via the Independence Party of New York, its state affiliate), briefly considered a presidential run in 2000, and withdrew.
- 2001–2009: Registered as a Democrat.
- 2009–2011: Re-registered as a Republican.
- 2011: Listed as unaffiliated (independent) to preserve options for an independent run.
- 2012–present: Re-registered as a Republican and has remained a member since, serving as the Republican nominee in both 2016 and 2024"
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/donald-trump-was-once-a-registered-democrat-and-party-donor-why-did-he-jump-ship/wj85mj5yq
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - YesItsMe - 03-17-2026
Whatever. He was unhappy. He left. He will be replaced.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - Ninurta - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 04:03 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(03-17-2026, 02:46 PM)LightAngel Wrote: WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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 lobby," Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump posted on X.
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran | Reuters
More higher ups are against this war too, whether or not they will come forward is the question.
The discussions now seem to be heading to war crimes against US government's 'shock and awe' first attacks on hospitals and especially the strike which incinerated 170 women, school children and teachers at that school next to the abandoned military compound which was on the no strike list but was on Hegseth's 'shock and awe' list for a show of force.
There is no honor in this war.
Having participated in the odd spat here and there, I can pretty confidently say there's no honor in ANY war. Racking up "honors" and counting coup is not a feature of warfare any more, and it's never really been a feature of European or Middle Eastern warfare, going all the way back to Sumer, Concepts like "honor in war" are just sops handed out to the public to promote their "patriotism". When you get right down to blood and injury, flying guts and body parts, there's just no honor in it.
War is kill or be killed, and the Devil take the hindmost. Honor is not a goal or a factor, it's just often a block to survival. And, in the final analysis, survival is the name of the game.
One can have individual respect for an opponent, but that is not "honor in war", because there IS no honor in war. There is just smoke, soot, craters and body parts where there used to be people. The only real objective is to reduce your enemy's ability to reduce people to body parts. Killing them is often the only way to accomplish that.
It's not honor, it's survival.
.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - 727Sky - 03-17-2026
Joe Kent was cut out of national security briefings months ago due to leaks.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - Ninurta - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 04:53 PM)gortex Wrote: I think his resignation and words are significant being as Kent is a US special forces and CIA veteran as well as a Donald Trump appointee.
His past in Special Forces and the CIA cuts no ice with me, nor many veterans of that community.
A former Special Operations soldier, Dan Crenshaw, was just ousted from representing Texas due his questionable affiliations and allegiances in the here and now. Rejected, eye patch and all, by his own constituency which he betrayed.
Closer to home for me, here in Virginia, members of BOTH of those communities have been shown to posses an ability to be duplicitous as hell. Dan Helmer is a former soldier, and he has utterly betrayed the people he swore to represent, and the Constitution he swore to defend. You'll probably be hearing more from him in the future, and the Democrats in Virginia are right now trying to stack the deck in their own favor by silencing the voices and stealing the votes of half of their constituency through their illegal (yes, it's already been adjudicated in court, a court finding the Democrats here are gleefully ignoring) "redistricting" moves.
Helmer has led that charge, and as payment for his betrayal, they've actually carved out a district specifically tailored to propel him into the US House of Representatives, where he will have the potential to do nation-wide damage.. They even call it "Dan;'s District" in informal discussion.
Maybe it's just a problem with electing people named "Dan"?
On the CIA side of things, our new governor here is a "former" CIA Operations Officer. She too has put full betrayal of her constituents and the Constitutions of both Virginia and the Untied States on full display, not even trying to hide it any more.
So, no, previous "service" doesn't cut any ice when they are CURRENTLY betraying everything they swore to stand for.
Quote:He is I think on the right side of History , Israel duped Trump into this war of their choosing which I believe should be a worry for Americans , this does not Make America Great as is shown by the lack of support Internationally for this conflict it makes America weaker.
Sure. More power to him. thanks for his service, and don't let the door bump his ass on the way out. In all honesty, if he hasn't the stomach to counter terrorism, he probably shouldn't be in a counter-terrorism post anyhow.
Same for "Allies" who are choosing to support a totalitarian regime that has no compulsion against murdering their own people. Buh bye, and clean out the desk before they leave.
I would say it only makes America "weaker" in relative terms, as it strengthens Iran, China, and Russia more than it weakens America. Whether that is the case or not, those nations should be looking to form new alliances as America decides to leave them behind. I hear that both Russia and China are open for business with Iran a maybe - it depends on whether the Mullah regime ends up surviving or not.
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RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - xuenchen - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 05:11 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(03-17-2026, 05:00 PM)xuenchen Wrote: He's a left-over double agent, they exposed him finally.
They gave him a choice after he got bought-off this time by Demokratz.
Party:
Republican (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations:
Libertarian (2012–2019)
Democratic (2019–2021)
wiki --> Joe Kent
Then what does that make Trump?
A loyal ideological alignment to only his bank account?
"Donald Trump's political affiliations have changed multiple times over his lifetime, reflecting a pattern of shifting party registrations rather than consistent ideological alignment.
- 1969–1978: Registered as a Republican in Queens, New York.
- 1987: Re-registered as a Republican in Manhattan.
- 1999–2001: Joined the Reform Party (via the Independence Party of New York, its state affiliate), briefly considered a presidential run in 2000, and withdrew.
- 2001–2009: Registered as a Democrat.
- 2009–2011: Re-registered as a Republican.
- 2011: Listed as unaffiliated (independent) to preserve options for an independent run.
- 2012–present: Re-registered as a Republican and has remained a member since, serving as the Republican nominee in both 2016 and 2024"
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/donald-trump-was-once-a-registered-democrat-and-party-donor-why-did-he-jump-ship/wj85mj5yq
Trump never leaked classified material.
Trump was never a NWO CIA Operative.
What correlations are you trying to assemble?
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - The Crying Bunny - 03-17-2026
(03-17-2026, 09:31 PM)Ninurta Wrote:(03-17-2026, 04:03 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(03-17-2026, 02:46 PM)LightAngel Wrote: WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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 lobby," Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump posted on X.
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran | Reuters
More higher ups are against this war too, whether or not they will come forward is the question.
The discussions now seem to be heading to war crimes against US government's 'shock and awe' first attacks on hospitals and especially the strike which incinerated 170 women, school children and teachers at that school next to the abandoned military compound which was on the no strike list but was on Hegseth's 'shock and awe' list for a show of force.
There is no honor in this war.
Having participated in the odd spat here and there, I can pretty confidently say there's no honor in ANY war. Racking up "honors" and counting coup is not a feature of warfare any more, and it's never really been a feature of European or Middle Eastern warfare, going all the way back to Sumer, Concepts like "honor in war" are just sops handed out to the public to promote their "patriotism". When you get right down to blood and injury, flying guts and body parts, there's just no honor in it.
War is kill or be killed, and the Devil take the hindmost. Honor is not a goal or a factor, it's just often a block to survival. And, in the final analysis, survival is the name of the game.
One can have individual respect for an opponent, but that is not "honor in war", because there IS no honor in war. There is just smoke, soot, craters and body parts where there used to be people. The only real objective is to reduce your enemy's ability to reduce people to body parts. Killing them is often the only way to accomplish that.
It's not honor, it's survival.
.
“I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”
-Wm Tecumseh Sherman
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - EndtheMadnessNow - 03-18-2026
Hmmm, interesting for a Trump-appointed high level counter-intel guy (Retired Green Beret combat veteran, Ranger, former CIA paramilitary officer, Gold Star husband) to come out publicly with such a statement. I wonder if more will follow.
This seems like a huge exit. And none of the usual "I just want to spend more time with my family" boilerplate the bureaucrats offer to the cameras as they jog to their cars.
Also, it was an ISIS suicide bomber that killed his wife (Senior chief petty officer Shannon Mary Kent, Navy cryptologic technician (linguist) and member of JSOC's Intelligence Support Activity at Fort Meade) in Syria in 2019. I was a crypto tech but not part of the linguist division. NCTC is one of the agencies that created the Disposition Matrix.
Trump loyalist & ultra mouth piece of course had to reply a few hours later to Joe with:
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Well, of course Iran is 'now' a nuclear threat after we bombed them in June and now more than ever with operation Epic Rage carpet bombing. Every non-nuclear country in the world, especially those not friendly to the US is in a mad race for an atomic bomb. We've now entered Epic Strangelove madness.
I hope these were not the sources that Trump relied on to order the war on Iran.
![[Image: LEkKqx1j_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/5f/bd/LEkKqx1j_o.jpg)
If true vice our multi-billion dollar intel community then we are probably doomed.
A lot of Americans are confused when these officials speak of Iran being a threat or imminent threat to the USA. Iran in my opinion up until 18 days ago has never, ever, been a threat to US soil. What Iran has been a threat of is United States (numerous) interests in the Middle East for past 47 years. US presidents come and go, but US foreign policy remains forever just like unelected bureaucrats.
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On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax [the cleanser]. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry two years earlier. The CIA in 2023 finally admitted they engineered the coup to crush a democracy and insert a king on the throne. Iran has never forgiven the US Gov.
All presidential advisors from Reagan to Biden said if the US attacks Iran this is what will happen concerning the Straits of Hormuz and our subservient Gulf monarchy states...Exactly what has been playing out for past few weeks. So past presidents all rejected Nuttyahoo's request to attack Iran and I'm assuming that was the case in Trump's first term. So why did Trump decide to attack Iran now? Was he deceived by the Zionist zealots, pressured by Zionist lobby/AIPAC, blackmailed, Game of Thrones, Greater Israel project, other??
Feels a little déjà vu with the new hunt for WMD. The elusive HEU. Apparently, the bunker busters on the nuke sites that we were told repeatedly have been "obliterated" failed to bury/destroy the prize. It was probably never there there. Where it is assuming it exists nobody knows and nobody knows if Iran enriched more since last June. So, the bombing shall continue or maybe that's the excuse (for now) to keep bombing. I mean sooner or later we got to hit the right hideout, right? Have you looked on a map....checkout the landmass size of Iran. LOL, good luck!
The war doesn't hurt the American economy, just Americans, but that's the least of our concerns. Not kidding. He said that...
![[Image: dW1OqcKK_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/b2/ff/dW1OqcKK_o.jpg)
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2033899712638591018
Well then, I demand more bread 'n circuses!
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Trying to make some sense of it all
But I see it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
I don't think that I can take anymore.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - 727Sky - 03-18-2026
Auhhhh a new darling for the left's talking points
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - quintessentone - 03-18-2026
(03-17-2026, 10:23 PM)xuenchen Wrote:(03-17-2026, 05:11 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(03-17-2026, 05:00 PM)xuenchen Wrote: He's a left-over double agent, they exposed him finally.
They gave him a choice after he got bought-off this time by Demokratz.
Party:
Republican (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations:
Libertarian (2012–2019)
Democratic (2019–2021)
wiki --> Joe Kent
Then what does that make Trump?
A loyal ideological alignment to only his bank account?
"Donald Trump's political affiliations have changed multiple times over his lifetime, reflecting a pattern of shifting party registrations rather than consistent ideological alignment.
- 1969–1978: Registered as a Republican in Queens, New York.
- 1987: Re-registered as a Republican in Manhattan.
- 1999–2001: Joined the Reform Party (via the Independence Party of New York, its state affiliate), briefly considered a presidential run in 2000, and withdrew.
- 2001–2009: Registered as a Democrat.
- 2009–2011: Re-registered as a Republican.
- 2011: Listed as unaffiliated (independent) to preserve options for an independent run.
- 2012–present: Re-registered as a Republican and has remained a member since, serving as the Republican nominee in both 2016 and 2024"
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/donald-trump-was-once-a-registered-democrat-and-party-donor-why-did-he-jump-ship/wj85mj5yq
Trump never leaked classified material.
Trump was never a NWO CIA Operative.
What correlations are you trying to assemble?
The only correlation was to point out that Trump's political affiliation flip flopping were a sign as to his lack of loyalty to any one ideology and how he just goes with what enriches him at the moment.
Just a quick search on the Net and not only has he leaked classified material, boy oh boy, did he ever leak classified material.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - sahgwa - 03-18-2026
(03-17-2026, 02:46 PM)LightAngel Wrote: WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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 lobby," Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump posted on X.
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran | Reuters
They have been using the Iran threat of nukes ad nauseum since what, the late 70s?
But I for one am in agreement with helping the regime change IF A SECULAR GOV. IS GUARANTEED SOMEHOW.
Otherwise it's all for naught.
And you have to view this in the larger geopolitical light:
USA pivoting to creating spheres of influence and starving China and Russia of resources and influence of their own.
Venezuela, Iran, Russia and China are all a chain.
It all goes back to China.
So this will make us a hegemony in the North and South American sphere.
Europe is dead. Unless the people can overthrow the EU who is poisoning them with mass migration, lying, corruption and moral gaslighting.
We are building the '1984' map world.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - Chiefsmom - 03-18-2026
Interestingly, the MSM reports that he was a leaker that had been left out of briefings for months now.
Breaking report: Joe Kent was leaker who had been cut from president's intel briefings for months
Obviously, there is a lot more to the story, than we will ever know.
RE: US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran - gortex - 03-21-2026
Quote:Posted by sahgwa
But I for one am in agreement with helping the regime change IF A SECULAR GOV. IS GUARANTEED SOMEHOW.
Otherwise it's all for naught.
That hasn't happened though the interventions in Iraq , Afghanistan or Syria I doubt it will happen in Iran unless Trump wants to install his own Iranian Shah 2.0 but given his recent statements it seems he doesn't , Trump seems to looking for an early exit strategy perhaps realising the mistake that has been made , it's easy to drop bombs on other Countries not so easy to dictate what happens next or deal with the political fallout.
Note to Don , don't listen to Bibi or Jared they are the same person and will only get you into trouble.