Bangkok Post - Top US counterterrorism official quits over Iran war (www.bangkokpost.com)
from hanrahan@slrpnk.net to world@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 20:07
https://slrpnk.net/post/35437327

In the letter, Kent wrote about what he saw as a “misinformation campaign” by high-ranking Israeli officials and the news media, which he said had undermined Trump’s “America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran”.

“As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, 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,” he wrote.

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