Breaking News! The head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Kent, resigned in anger on the 17th, directly announcing his resignation on his personal social media account, stating that he "could not go against his conscience to support the ongoing Iran war."

Kent directly posted his resignation letter to Trump on his account, saying, "After careful consideration, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective immediately."

He said that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the United States, and that the U.S. decision to go to war with Iran was clearly due to pressure from Israel and its powerful lobbying groups in the U.S.

Key point: The head of the U.S. counterterrorism center said: Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the United States!

More than 10 million people have said this about Iran themselves.

Kent said he supported the values and foreign policy proposed by Trump in his 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential campaigns, which were implemented during Trump's first term. "You once understood that the Middle East wars were traps that took the lives of American patriots and drained our wealth and prosperity," but after the U.S. air strike on Iran last June, it was no longer the case.

Kent said, as a veteran who had been deployed to combat 11 times, and as a husband who lost his wife to a war "created" in Israel, he could not support sending the next generation to war and to their deaths for a war that brought no benefits to the American people and could not justify the sacrifice of Americans.

The wife mentioned by Kent was his first wife, Shannon Smith (Figure 2), who died in a suicide bombing in Manbij, Syria in 2019. After his wife's death, Kent began his political career.

Kent said, "I am deeply honored to have served President and National Intelligence Director Gabbard (Gabbard) and led the professionals at the counterterrorism center."

Kent was nominated by Trump and appointed as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center last year.

Regarding today's resignation, some said Kent lost his job but won people's hearts.

Others expressed concern for Kent, hoping he would continue to be involved in politics, that the U.S. needs more people like him who are "true patriots," and hoping he will not face negative consequences (the aggressive Israeli lobbying group cannot tolerate any dissent).

Rubio said after the war started that when the U.S. learned that Israel was planning to attack Iran, they decided to take preemptive action to prevent Iran from retaliating against U.S. forces, emphasizing that there was indeed an imminent threat, and if Iran was attacked by Israel, the U.S. would be certain that Iran would retaliate immediately. The U.S. would not sit idle and wait for the enemy to strike first before retaliating.

But regarding the reasons for the war, the Secretary of State and Hagel have struggled to keep up with the President's changing statements. Trump said that the air strikes on Iran were because he believed Iran would launch an attack first, "Maybe I forced Israel to act. We were negotiating with those lunatics at the time, and I thought they would attack first."

Media reports predict that Gabbard will be the next to submit a resignation letter.

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