Ken Klippenstein article
The American revolution against Donald Trump can claim another victory. The president’s top counterterrorism official has resigned, issuing a blistering condemnation of the Iran War. He did not resign in some scandal. Not under pressure. Not to spend-more-time-with-my-family or whatever BS is usually given.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran
, National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent said in a powerful letter today. He adds: “I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.”
It’s definitely a bracing statement for say-nothing Washington.
But it’s also another victory in the ongoing American upheaval I’ve been documenting for weeks now. From Mamdani’s election to the Epstein files disclosures to the victory in Minneapolis to the firing of Kristi Noem, the Trump administration is increasingly being beaten back. That’s not the result of anything that the courts have done, and certainly not Congressional action (what action?). It’s the result of the public pressure—people power, first and foremost.
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