US must get troops out of Gulf, former counterterrorism chief says
US must get troops out of Gulf, former counterterrorism chief says Joseph Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre, urged Washington to immediately withdraw troops from the Gulf as Tehran woved to respond to Larak island attack. “We just struck targets on Lark Island, Iran will respond,” Kent said in a social media post. “If we want to control the escalation cycle and…
Former counterterrorism chief Joseph Kent has called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from the Gulf region, warning of the potential for escalation and war after Iran's response to the attack on Larak island. Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration in March, argued that Iran posed no immediate threat to the US and that the conflict was driven by pressure from Israel and American lobby groups.
He urged Washington to avoid being drawn into a war on Iran's terms, emphasizing the need to control the escalation cycle.
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