Joe Kent, the now-former head of the National Counterterrorism Center, has strange opinions about a lot of subjects. Among those topics: Russia's war with Ukraine (Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands are 'very reasonable'), the true winner of the 2020 United States presidential election (Donald Trump), the cause of the war with Iran (Israel), the reason the U.S. went to war with Iraq under President George W. Bush (also Israel), and the reason Charlie Kirk was killed (very possibly Israel). The Trump administration and its allies are belatedly coming to grips with the military and economic costs of a war that has proved far more complex than they imagined. But as they continue to pour resources into fighting in the Middle East, they seem not to apprehend another consequence: the effect on their party of yet another failed war, this one waged side by side with Israel. If Kent's criticism of the war proves prescient, his other beliefs, especially those concerning Jews, will...
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