US counterterrorism chief resigns over opposition to Iran war

The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, Joseph Kent, resigned Tuesday, citing his opposition to the ongoing US war in Iran, Anadolu reports. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent wrote in a letter shared on the US social media platform X. He argued that Iran posed no imminent threat to the US and claimed the conflict was initiated under external pressure. Kent, a veteran who said he deployed to combat 11 times, also referenced personal loss, describing himself as a “Gold Star husband” whose wife was killed in a previous war. “I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American […]