Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear

Joe Kent, the now former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, always seemed a bit off, especially to liberals.  As a combat veteran of MAGA pedigree, he found favour with President Donald J. Trump, who rewarded him for his conspiracy blustering in a manner befitting other nominees baptised in the truth repelling River of Fox News.  But the mindless adventurism in attacking Iran in league with Israel was a step too far. In his resignation letter, Kent asserted that he could not “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 American lobby.”  Till […]