Middle East Conflict | US Counter-Terrorism Center Director Resigns, Cannot Support War Against Iran in Good Conscience

SighingCashier · 2026-03-17T15:45:49+00:00

The director of the U.S. National Counter-terrorism Center, Kent, has resigned over his inability to support U.S.-Israel military action against Iran. He stated that Iran is not an imminent threat, and that the initiation of war has been influenced by Israel and its lobbying groups. He emphasized that the mistakes of the past cannot be repeated and that he is unwilling to have the American people pay the price again.

SighingCashier

2026-03-17 15:45:49

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U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Director Kent resigned due to the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. In a message posted on social media to President Trump, he stated that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the United States.

In his letter to Trump, Kent said that after careful consideration, he has decided to resign as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective immediately, because he cannot support the ongoing Iran war with a clear conscience. Iran does not pose an immediate threat to the U.S., and it is obvious that the outbreak of this war has been driven by pressure from Israel and its powerful lobbying groups in the U.S.

At the beginning of this administration, high-level Israeli officials and influential members of the U.S. media launched a false information campaign that completely undermined the “America First” policy and incited public support for war against Iran. Kent emphasized in his letter: “We cannot make the same mistake again.”

As a veteran who has fought on the battlefield 11 times and a family member who lost his beloved wife in the war manufactured by Israel, he cannot support sending the next generation to fight in a war that is of no benefit to the American people and cannot be justified at the cost of American lives.

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