Director Kent outlines his decision as driven by opposition to the war against Iran.
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. . . "Again, the idea here seems to be that President Trump is a moron misled into war by nefarious Israelis and unnamed influential members of the American media. Don’t say it, don’t say it.
"Again, apparently President Trump has no agency and no thoughts.
"Kent’s letter is replete with this conspiratorial idiocy, including — as we just saw — the idea that it was Israel that forced the original Iraq war, an idea totally and utterly unsupportable by any evidence, given the fact that the actual prime minister of Israel at the time, Ariel Sharon, opposed the Iraq war." .. . .
Joe Kent blamed the Oct. 7 attack on Biden's insufficiently hostile policy toward Iran, attacked his Dem opponent for failing to punish "anti-Semitism," and pledged that if elected, he would make sure to generously arm Israel. Now he blames Israel for corrupting US foreign policy pic.twitter.com/eOxblwBgT2
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 17, 2026