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Joe Kent Is a Loon

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 3/23/2026 7:59:11 PM

There are many qualities you look for in a director of the National Counterterrorism Center, but an active imagination isn’t one of them. Joe Kent, though, has shown since his high-profile resignation that he has one, and not the kind of imagination that makes for a great Elizabethan poet or a compelling noir novelist but the sort of fevered fancy that fuels the Candace Owens podcast. Kent says, apparently quite sincerely, that President Trump may have launched the war against Iran because he feels threatened from shadowy forces connected to Israel. In other words, what the combined military might of Israel and the ...

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 3/23/2026 8:35:34 PM (No. 2084111)
Why do I think he spends a lot of time checking mirrors to see how square his jawlooks an how casually tousled his curls.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bighambone 3/23/2026 8:47:27 PM (No. 2084114)
Maybe a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: czechlist 3/23/2026 8:57:01 PM (No. 2084116)
So what if Israel "forced our hand"? Iran had to be dealt with before they got ICBMs and Nuclear weapons. One only need to see how negotiating worked with North Korea to understand that extortion doesn't pay off. Obama did with Iran what Clinton did with North Korea. After 47 years negotiating has not resolved the issue and military action was inevitable. Have to ask - if not now, when?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Lala 3/23/2026 8:57:55 PM (No. 2084117)
Paywall?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 3/23/2026 9:01:52 PM (No. 2084119)
Sounds about right.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/23/2026 9:19:45 PM (No. 2084123)
I am tired of Kent. Kent resigned ahead of his firing, and pushed out the fiction about Iran to get attention, and onto CNN and MSNOW. I hope the DOJ prosecutes the leak charges to the full extent of the law.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: anniebc 3/23/2026 9:32:13 PM (No. 2084127)
There was something weird about this guy, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I'm also with poster #1 though.
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