Former counterterrorism reliable Joe Kent continues to name for US army withdrawal from the Center East
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Former Nationwide Counterterrorism Heart Director Joe Kent reiterates his name for the withdrawal of US forces from the Center East amid the continued battle with Iran.
“Get our troops out now before we suffer an attack with massive casualties. Break the escalation trap. Trump still has the political strength at home to declare victory and make it resonate, that ability will be lost if we suffer more casualties. Now is the time to leave, immediately,” he wrote on X on Sunday.
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President Donald Trump steps off Air Power One upon arriving at John F. Kennedy Global Airport in New York, NY, on July 17, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP by the use of Getty Photographs)
Kent made the feedback whilst sharing a publish from the United States Central Command (CENTCOM).
“Yesterday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the deaths of two U.S. service members and the missing status of one in Jordan following an Iranian attack on July 17. After an extensive search, U.S. military personnel found unidentified remains at the site today. An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing,” CENTCOM mentioned in a part of a remark Sunday.
“Separately, a U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed in action on July 18 during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. A second service member was injured and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury,” the remark mentioned.
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Kent resigned from the federal government’s counterterrorism publish previous this 12 months, mentioning his opposition to the Iran battle.
In a part of his resignation letter he mentioned: “Iran did not pose an imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
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Joseph Kent, director of the Nationwide Counterterrorism Heart, right through a Space Hometown Safety Committee listening to in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg by the use of Getty Photographs)
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