{"id":44160,"date":"2026-03-17T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44160"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:54:23","slug":"a-chunk-just-fell-off-the-plane-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/03\/17\/a-chunk-just-fell-off-the-plane-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chunk Just Fell Off The Plane, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/03\/17\/joe-kent-resigns-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden resignation<\/a> of Tulsi Gabbard aide Joe Kent, we have another piece <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/03\/16\/a-chunk-just-fell-off-the-plane-ctd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falling off the Administration engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prtu86DpEr\">pic.twitter.com\/prtu86DpEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In case the above disappears:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. <strong>Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation<\/strong>, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> It has been an honor serving under <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1wvb978 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\">@POTUS<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> and <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1wvb978 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNIGabbard\">@DNIGabbard\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> and leading the professionals at NCTC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">May God bless America.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My bold, and the judgment expressed in that bold is the most important part of this resignation letter, really. Mr. Kent was a low-profile member of the Administration, and his resignation may not resonate with most of the American public, the ultimate decision makers of the country. However, the accusation I highlighted should enlighten more of the American public to the essential mendacity of the current Administration, and drive away more lukewarm supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the sudden resignation of Tulsi Gabbard aide Joe Kent, we have another piece falling off the Administration engine. After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/03\/17\/a-chunk-just-fell-off-the-plane-ctd-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44161,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160\/revisions\/44161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}