“There are many false claims in this letter, but let me address one specifically: that ‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,’” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
“This is the same false claim that Democrats and some in the liberal media have been repeating over and over.”
Her remarks came shortly after Kent announced his resignation. “After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” he said.
Kent directly challenged the rationale for the conflict. “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.”
The White House defended the intelligence basis for the operation. “As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first,” Leavitt said.
“This evidence was compiled from many sources and factors. President Trump would never make the decision to deploy military assets against a foreign adversary in a vacuum.”
Kent, however, warned against repeating past mistakes. In his resignation letter, he reiterated that Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” and cautioned that “we cannot make this mistake again.”
He said the United States risked being drawn into another costly conflict under flawed assumptions and external pressure.
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