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re: Director of National Counterterrorism resigns due to Iran conflict

Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:51 am to
Posted by williamfrench3559
Member since Mar 2026
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:51 am to
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Taylor Budowich

Looks like the response narrative to the resignation has been sent out and the social media campaign against Kent is on.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
23398 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:51 am to
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I've listened to Joe Kent speak on a myriad of political topics and really believed he had a great future in the America First/MAGA movement.

Well the issue here is that Joe Kent is a 2024 campaign era MAGA political figure.

You can’t be a 2026 era MAGA person and a 2024 campaign era MAGA person and be consistent when it comes to foreign intervention so he had to go.

The arbiter of MAGA shifted so you either had to decide that your faith was never to policy but to a person (Trump = MAGA, AF = policy) or leave MAGA even if you align on 60-80% of his agenda.

Joe Kent will be welcomed by the AF right because he clearly meant what he was saying during the 2024 campaign and unlike the other high profile candidates won’t have to explain to the coalition that won 2024 for MAGA and the GOPe Congress why they governed as they did after promising to do otherwise.

It’s actually the same thing that happened circa 2018 when the GOPe and Kushner purged the actual populists from the WH last go around, they’re just a little ahead of schedule.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 9:53 am
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
28172 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:52 am to
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Nobody with any info regarding the available intelligence believes that we were under an imminent threat.


You mean besides the Trump administration and top military brass?

Unless you have proof their lying, I'm going to take their interviews at face value.
Posted by BeeFense5
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:52 am to
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Looks like the response narrative to the resignation has been sent out and the social media campaign against Kent is on.


Absolutely. The right wing grifter influencer world has the marching orders.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
15786 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:54 am to
But I can in good conscience allow a non-elected, Imperialistic, bloodthirsty regime that unabashedly sponsors terrorism around the globe and that has killed numerous Americans over the past 47 years...

Right......
Posted by biscuitsngravy
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Member since Jan 2011
3892 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:55 am to
great post... upvote.

Posted by sorantable
Member since Dec 2008
54447 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:55 am to
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Israel did not tell us to.

Israel told us they were going to attack Iran



Israel isn’t, for one second, attacking Iran without assurances that we are as well.
Posted by roadGator
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Member since Feb 2009
157977 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:55 am to
He was a believer in no new wars too it seems.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
30029 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:55 am to
I think he’s making a mistake. You can do more good inside than out. Someday he’ll wish he had stayed and effected change. He’ll lose supporters over time and won’t have a platform. Really liked him but all this does is give ammo to leftist agendas and now is not the time for that
Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:56 am to
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Did this bitch quit over all of the arms we sent to Ukraine?


He wasn’t around when we sent all of the arms to Ukraine.

Since he’s been around, under Trump, aid has turned from a gusher to a trickle and paid for by other countries…


has the us sent any arms to ukraine since Trump became president



+5 Google AI Mode
Yes, the Trump administration has continued sending arms to Ukraine, utilizing a new, smaller scale, ally-financed mechanism known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). This program includes advanced weapons like Patriot missiles, with reports as of September 2025 indicating approved, multi-million dollar, NATO-funded packages.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87383 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:56 am to
It's entirely possible to think that Trump has radically departed from his entire foreign policy pitch AND think that Iran had it coming, hope the US is successful in regime change, and think taking Iran off the board for Russia/China slots in well with our Fortress Americas agenda.
Posted by BCvol
Member since Jan 2022
508 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:56 am to
You sound like the typical antifa retard
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87383 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:57 am to
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Israel isn’t, for one second, attacking Iran without assurances that we are as well.



Counterpoint - Israel knows that when it attacks, Iran retaliates against US interests in the region quickly and can therefore "force" our hand.

Whether they'd actually do that or threaten that reality - I don't know
Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:58 am to
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Looks like the response narrative to the resignation has been sent out and the social media campaign against Kent is on. Absolutely. The right wing grifter influencer world has the marching orders.


I expect a social media torrent from Nick Fuentes trashing Kent essentially akin to a lot of posts in this thread at any moment.
Posted by JimEverett
Member since May 2020
2416 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:59 am to
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Dude claimed to be libertarian for 7 years from. 2012 to 2019. Then he was a democrat for several years. Then he claimed to be a maga Trump supporter. BS just another democrat plant born and raised in Oregon.....goodbye.


Damn - he didn't vote for Romney? What a dumbass.


Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:59 am to
You sound like you’re a 15 year old girl.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
15786 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:00 am to
October 7th happened and re-set the entirety of the ME as well as actions in our own hemisphere
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3892 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:00 am to
"A former Army Green Beret and CIA paramilitary officer,"

a serious guy. he'll be given the talking point social media blast like the others that don't agree or step out of line.

shame. consistent pattern now
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9283 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:01 am to
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16569 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:02 am to
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Iran should have been delt with years ago.
But when John McCain and John Bolton said that they were called neocon war mongers.
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