The Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, has quit his position, as he said he was opposed to President Donald Trump’s war in Iran.
Kent, who made this known on Tuesday, said he could no longer support the administration’s stance on the conflict.
“I cannot in good conscience back this war,” he said in a statement he posted on social media, adding that the justification for the conflict was unfounded.
overlay-cleverHe said “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.” he said.
Kent, who was appointed in July on a 52–44 Senate vote, took over at the National Counterterrorism Center, the agency responsible for analysing and identifying terrorist threats to the United States.
He had contested two congressional elections in Washington State without success.
He is also a former Green Beret with 11 deployments and later served in intelligence roles at the Central Intelligence Agency.
