Trumps senior counter terrorism officer resigns due to the war with Iran and has said they only went to war because of Israeli pressure, not because of any imminent threat from Iran.

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If that is really the case will this not be very damning for Trump? How will he respond to this?

So what were they doing last year?

How will they find any when all Iran's nuclear capabilities were "obliterated" by the USA and Israel last June?🤔

Its WMD all over again.

Oops, x-post with @Notonthestairs.

Well that would at least be a plan but there’s a million Iranians in the military how do 5000 marines fight them off? Surely, it will be a blood bath. It’s terrifying

@Notonthestairs again I'm an armchair commentator so im not sure why you are asking me?
Do you have access to any higher knowledge ?

Last year I assume they tried to take it out but either werent able too , didn't get all the sites ?

What do you think ?

This guy has very respectable credentials and surely his words must carry a lot of weight. I hope he is the first of many.

I think we were lied to before. And will be again.

@Yapper73 I don't know why I'm suddenly being asked lots of questions maybe I sound misleadingly authoritative ?as I've said to the previous posters I'm just an arm chair commentator.

However one would think that the concentration of troops is not all protected the strait

Getting millions of troops to the straight with no air cover and Israel and USA dominating the skies would be risky for them .
Again having many tropes on the ground massing would be risky like us stuck at dunkirk.

They need troops to keep the civilian population down across the country. So I'm not sure how many or how they could send serious numbers to fight in that particular area.

However maybe it's a good tactic to draw them there ?

Quelle surprise.

@Notonthestairs lied to in what way

What do you think they were doing re bombing last year ?

It was obliterated. You think it was obliterated and rebuilt?

White House says counterterror chief wrong to say Iran posed 'no imminent threat'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on social media, saying Kent had made "many false claims" in his resignation letter.

Specifically on Kent's statement that "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation" - Leavitt says Trump had "strong and compelling evidence" that Iran was going to attack the United States.

"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," she says - adding that Iran was given "every single possible opportunity" to abandon nuclear ambitions.

"President Trump ultimately made the determination that a joint attack with Israel would greatly reduce the risk to American lives that would come from a first strike by the terrorist Iranian regime and address this imminent threat to America’s national security interests," she says.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2lr40g17kt

Clearly it was damaged but not obliterated.

People keep going on about this point as if it's a big Gotcha.

I don't really know why - I think we all agree Trump lies and exaggerates?

WMD 2.1. Or rather, I have lost count of the versions.

Sorry @Realitycheck1I wasn’t trying to put you on the spot or thought you knew the answer, I was just trying to make sense of it all. And I’m not sure that’s an achievable feat right now.

Previous Trump buttlicker.
Links to the Proud Boys.
Refused to admit Trump lost in 2020.

Surprised you think these are impeccable credentials but ok.

we all know those impeccable credentials would melt away if he had made a statement pro Trump or supporting the war.

So why would anyone trust him?

People on here keen to get in bed with a white supremacist if he wants to engage in a little bit of Israel bashing. Embarrassing.

That's up to them, I take what he says with a pinch of salt personally.

So embarrassing. He is exactly the sort of man they would have hated before he made this particular statement.

An antisemitic proud boy associate surely not.
He was appointed under Trump. So at some point that was an attractive attribute.

He’s certainly laying the groundwork for the war to be entirely Israel’s fault and simultaneously suggesting Trump’s gullible and easily led.

Do you always think in such a black and white way?

He is also the sort of person that many would have been proud of if he was endorsing the war with Iran.

I appreciate those posters who have given more insight into his background. It does bring into question why so many senior figures in the Trump administration come from a white supremacist background.

I don't doubt this his resignation has nothing to do with the welfare of the Iranians, rather his extreme MAGA outlook.