New Crack in the Zionist Lobby: a senior U.S. official denounces its role in the aggression against Iran

 Joseph Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned. In his particularly courageous letter to President Donald Trump, he states that the ongoing war against Iran was pushed by Israel and its powerful lobby in Washington.

According to him, Iran posed no imminent threat. He also denounces a disinformation campaign orchestrated by certain Israeli officials and influential media to convince the administration that striking Iran would be necessary and lead to a swift victory.

He draws a parallel with the 2003 Iraq war, which he calls a disaster that cost the lives of thousands of U.S. soldiers based on misleading arguments. His wife was killed while serving in a conflict he considers “manufactured.” 

This tragedy reinforces his decision not to support sending a new generation of Americans into a war that, in his view, does not serve the American people’s interests.

Benyounès Saidi 

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Letter to President Trump:

Director of National Intelligence

National Counterterrorism Center

President Trump,

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot 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.

I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term. Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.

In your first administration, you understood better than any modern President how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars. You demonstrated this by killing Qasem Soleimani and by defeating ISIS.

Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again.

As a Gold Star husband whose wife was killed in a conflict he considers “manufactured,” I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.

I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards.

It was an honor to serve in your administration and to serve our great nation.

Joseph Kent

Director, National Counterterrorism Center