Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war

[pmartin]

What is all this talk about a little orange wiener? I thought it was more like a mushroom.

[Rstewart]

Anyone on this board can only speculate why he decided to end his employment.  Paraphrasing, but in 2024 Joe did say publicly that Iran had a target on Trumps back.
So I don't understand his statement "Iran shows no imminent threat to America" 

I'm sure the guy is a great dude, he's obliged to have any opinion he wants about bombing Iran.  If he'd had enough, maybe its time to go.  I'll never talk shit about him, he served his country well.

I just hope he didn't have some intel eluding to any boots on the ground combat and that's why he popped smoke 

Maybe he just wants to be the net head anchor on CNN 

[mowens]

Joe Kent's wife was serving as an intelligence technician in Syria when she was killed by a suicide bomber. I think that had something to do with it.

[jstell]

What is all this talk about a little orange wiener? I thought it was more like a mushroom.

He's a leaker.

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/joe-kent-fbi-leak-investigation
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-investigating-former-trump-official-joe-kent-resigned-iran-war-rcna264232

[jstell]

I'm sure the guy is a great dude

Are you trying to be funny, or are you just tragically misinformed?  I'm surprised this idiot wasn't arrested at J6, but apparently he was too much of a pussy to actually be there, only to flipflop his "opinion" to curry favor with the dumbest of the dumb.

Initial Condemnation: On the day of the attack, Kent tweeted that the violence was "dangerous and foolish" and that it "undermined" efforts to object to the 2020 election results, notes the Seattle Times.

Following the event, Kent shifted his position to downplay the attack, describing the incident as an "intelligence operation" or an event where federal agents instigated the violence

Stance on Jan. 6: Kent has promoted theories that the violence on January 6 was instigated by federal agents or "provocateurs" rather than supporters of Donald Trump. He has also stated that Trump had "no control" over the mob.