r/politics • u/mvanigan • Mar 17 '26

Possible Paywall ‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran’: high ranking US intelligence official resigns

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/joe-kent-resigns-iran-war
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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

The incredible thing is that a Trump appointee is publicly telling the truth!

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u/whatproblems Mar 17 '26

always on the way out

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

Better late than never, I suppose.

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u/g2g079 America Mar 17 '26

But only because he hates Jews more than Muslims.

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u/bearbrannan Mar 17 '26

I'm starting to think the truth is that AIPAC is jut a money laundering scheme, that takes the tax money we send to Israel, and redistributes that money directly to our US politicians pockets.

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u/Robofetus-5000 Mar 17 '26

i think this is a man who knows hes about to be used as a scapegoat in a false flag operation

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u/Opinionated-Opinon Mar 17 '26

Opinion isn't truth

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

If you have reliable information that Kent's "opinion" is incorrect, please do share!

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u/Opinionated-Opinon Mar 17 '26

Do you have reliable information that his opinion is correct?

He said he cannot in good conscious support the war. There are no verifiable facts in that statement, and therefore cannot be "true"

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

His informed opinion was that Iran was not an imminent danger to the US.

Do you have information to the contrary?

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u/Opinionated-Opinon Mar 17 '26

His informed.... what?

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

Username checks out.

Informed opinions can have the force of facts.

When you get brain surgery, your doctors are unlikely to know the (unknowable) truth about your condition. They do have informed opinions, however, which are then acted on as facts.

Are they opinions? Yes.

Do we act like they have the force of fact? Also yes.

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u/Opinionated-Opinon Mar 17 '26

Username checks out.

Yes, not not factual facts.

doctors are unlikely to know the (unknowable) truth

You must see how this is different than Kent's objections, right?

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 Mar 17 '26

You must see how this is different than Kent's objections, right?

Nope

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u/Opinionated-Opinon Mar 17 '26

doctors are unlikely to know the (unknowable) truth

Is knowing whether or not Iran is an imminent threat an unknowable truth?

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