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2026-03-18 Home Front: Politix

Joe Kent resignation - Comments from Col. Watkins, Gen. Holt, Col. Murray, EM Burlingame

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 04:33|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1818 views ] Top

1 Watched out of pure curiosity, nothing more. I'll never regain the time lost.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 05:19|| 2026-03-18 05:19|| Front Page Top

2 Joe Kent was totally onboard with the Trump Admin as late as the summer of 2025.

His wife seems to have 'converted' him to the new religion of anti Israelism and perhaps gotten him some referrals from Mullah Tucker.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-03-18 09:52|| 2026-03-18 09:52|| Front Page Top

3 Who's been one of the largest funder of terrorism?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-18 09:53|| 2026-03-18 09:53|| Front Page Top

4 About his wife, whose primary post military career is as a professional artist, from the Washington Free Beacon:

Kent's current wife, Heather Kaiser, has written for the Grayzone, an anti-war publication that has a pro-Assad and pro-Russia editorial line. The website's managing editor reportedly received payments from the Iranian state-run news network PressTV, according to the Washington Post.

The article also discusses Mr. Kent’s close ties to Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-18 13:02|| 2026-03-18 13:02|| Front Page Top

5 As I commented on a string earlier; the "quiet professional" method of handling it would have been to announce a departure to another agency or firm and continue to march.

But NO! A statement had to be made. Sorry, the statement gave him away.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 13:08|| 2026-03-18 13:08|| Front Page Top

6

"... I read probably a lot more intelligence than he did, because they don't have a law enforcement function, the National Counterterrorism Center. They're an analytical clearinghouse."

They're valuable. However, I had access to just about everything. And how you could come to the conclusion that the Israelis did it and there was no imminent threat here? Really? What about the anti-ship ballistic missiles, the drone program, 440 kilograms of 60 percent enriched nuclear material, their constant death-to-America chant? I mean, you know, that's called evidence. In some limited circles, we call that, you know, a clue. I mean, I don't know at what point you thought this wasn't an imminent threat, after you've read a lot of the stuff I read.

"And by the way, that's just the open-store stuff we can talk about on the air," the former deputy FBI director added. "I promise you, the president—I promise you—has a bevy of material that if he could do the men-in-black thing and erase your mind tomorrow, if he told you right now, you would come to the imminent threat conclusion in a snap."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/03/18/dan-bongino-joe-kent-n2673018

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-03-18 14:38|| 2026-03-18 14:38|| Front Page Top

7 /\ I'll go with Bongino.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 14:45|| 2026-03-18 14:45|| Front Page Top

8 4^

Heather kaiser does not write for an anti war pub. She writes for an anti US, anti Israel pub.

She is not for peace, she is on the other side.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-03-18 14:46|| 2026-03-18 14:46|| Front Page Top

9 Per NewsMax - In congressional testimony today, CIA Director Ratcliffe indicated he DID NOT agree with Kent's Iranian threat assessment.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 15:23|| 2026-03-18 15:23|| Front Page Top

10 It’s truly amazing how quickly Mr. Kent’s statement had the opposite effect to his intention.

The New York Times crowd will still believe it, though.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-18 15:42|| 2026-03-18 15:42|| Front Page Top

11 Resigning is one thing. Tossing a grenade through the door as you are departing is yet another. There's always the chance he was headed toward a 'for cause' dismissal and 'jumped the shark' in advance of what may have been pending.

Additional information may be forthcoming.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-18 15:58|| 2026-03-18 15:58|| Front Page Top

Chris Cuomo says Joe Kent’s narrative that Israel forced President Trump into war with Iran collapses for what he claims is the most obvious reason — “If it were true, he’d be saying it right now.”

CUOMO: “But I’ll tell you one thing…”

“I believe that we know this president… pic.twitter.com/fFbAzVwYtt
— Overton (@overton_news) March 18, 2026

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-18 18:31|| 2026-03-18 18:31|| Front Page Top

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