US bombs Iran’s vital Kharg Island

Presumably Trump approved his appointment. I doubt he hid his far right conspiracy theories.

No comment on why he resigned then and his letter(below )

It's a bad sign when even a "far right conspiracy theorist" thinks Trump has gone too far!

Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran,” he said.

“This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory,” he said.

“This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women,” Kent said.

“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,”

It's a topsy turvy world when a racist resigns in protest

Does make you wonder how he got the job in the first place 🤔Or maybe not.

@Martymcfly24what do you hope the outcome is for the IRGC?

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/joe-kent-resigns-trump-iran-war.html

Top counter terrorism official in Us resigns as there was no imminent threat from Iran.

It's a strong warning for sure about what the US could do if the Iranian regime continues to interfere with ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz

If only he hadn’t bombed Iran in the first place.

If he hadn’t got Americans allies backs up by siding with his friend Putin for invading a foreign country (makes me wonder whether this was planned)

Or trying to penalise those trading partners with the US with his tariff ideas.

If he and Vance hadn’t attacked Zelensky on tv with which made them look like a couple of school bullies instead of President and Vice President of the USA

If only he hadn’t sacked those that could have pointed out the pitfalls of his sudden flights of fancy

If only he would look around and realise we are no longer in the 1970s

Yes America could do a lot of things but atm they are all things that would have been unnecessary if Trump had just given himself 5 minutes to research and consult with people who are experts in the field before opening his mouth and issuing orders

This is a man who thought tariffs would make things cheaper for the American people.

True

Before Trump started this there may have been a bit of fear from Iran that they would obliterated, but now he's shown himself to be confused and contradictory, with a defence secretary who's strategy amounts to watching movies and someone who has pissed off his allies to the extent that they are now reluctant to support him. As they say, better to be thought of as a fool...

Iran will do whatever. They have a clear aim and the lack of interest from the RoW to work on it.

Decades of oppression and developing weapons, no problem.

Iran has been emboldened by Trump and the regime is still in place.

Well someone needs to because it’s pretty existential.

An emboldened Iran who knows they can do whatever due to the strait is a worse prospect for everyone.

That is because I don't have the answer but I do know it is not Trump.

Ok no answer.

It’s a tough one. I don’t want Iran to hold the world to ransom with greater weapon capability in five to ten years. That is concerning on many levels.

If people really do just think that issue will go away I’m not sure why.

If you want the UK to join Trump's war, why don't you just say it?

Yes people seem not to be considering this.

@TopPocketFindhow would you deal with the issue of a stronger Iran as put here in five to ten years?

I think Hamas knew exactly what would happen, and Netenyahu has played right into their hands and given them what they wanted all along- a cessation of any cooperation between Israel and any other ME countries and a win in the propaganda war. Hamas don't, and never have given a damn about Palestinian deaths. The more the better- more sympathy for them.

Trump ignored warnings about the strait of Hormuz

The US also decommissioned minesweeper last year
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/03/12/the-us-navy-decommissioned-middle-east-minesweepers-last-year-heres-what-they-did/

So why should Europe bail him out?

His mess to sort.

And whatever next, Cuba, Greenland?

My DS is an A Level politics student. He said ' I wonder why they don't just invade that Island' a week ago. We have been joking that he's an American spy (but maybe he just reads more than DT!)

Maybe thats what the US and Israel were thinking when they launched their attack on Iran.

The future if Iran has more weapons, closer to nuclear weapons (they could hold the world to ransom), maybe, weaken them now before it's an impossible task (might already be), before their proxy terrorist groups destroy more countries 🤔.

Their proxy terrorists Hamas, has effectively destroyed Gaza by launching a massive terrorist attack on Israel. Did they know how Israel would come back at them after October 7th, did they even care?

We can only all guess.

This exactly but weapon production too. After all they’ve just shown the strait is a way to get everyone to step aside. So continuing to develop heavier weapons what can be done in five to ten years when they’re even stronger?

Indeed this could be likely.

Iran could be still backing terrorism in the region, therefore, continue to cause terrorist attacks from Lebanon, problems in Gaza and terrorist attacks from Yeman, and still oppressing their people that don't back the regime.

The question I have atm is if the Strait is used to get everyone to back down where is Iran in five to ten years? And what then.

But does it really care if the Straights of Hormuz are closed. The US is pretty much self sufficient on oil production (importer on some grades (sour heavy) and exporter on other grades (sweet and light). It is also a major exporter of LNG. So if Hormuz is closed it really only affects their Western allies.

Meanwhile China that is a major buyer of Iranian crude continues to get free passage through Hormuz.

If you want to cripple Iran's military and ability to export terrorism then you need to cripple its economy. And if you want to cripple its economy then you need to target its oil exports to China. And if you want to to cripple Iran's oil exports then you need to destroy Kharg Island where 90% of Iran's oil exports pass through.

So the solutions seem
to be:
a) get Western allies to provide naval assistance in escorting tankers through Hormuz. If they are not willing to do that then no problem..
b) tell the Iranians to stop attacking tankers going through straights of Hormuz or if they don't then the US will destroy Kharg Island. If the Iranians don't agree to this then
c) destroy Kharg Island.
d) Iranians retaliate by attacking Gulf countries oil production, but they are doing that anyway.
e) Chinese economy suffers from lack of Iranians oil, US economy is fine, Western allies suffer but hey they declined the opportunity to escort tankers through Hormuz.

And Trump now needs help from allies, despite having finished the war 5 times already and insulted those allies multiple times.