Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) brought up Joe Kent’s resignation letter while questioning CIA Director John Ratcliffe at a hearing about the Iran war.
“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent insisted.
Ratcliffe disputed Kent’s claim, pointing out that Iran started a war against America back in 1979:
CORNYN: John, yesterday, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned, saying that Iran did not represent an imminent threat to the United States. Is there any thing to indicate that Iran had ceased in its nuclear ambitions or in its desire to continue to build ballistic missiles capable of threatening American troops and allies in the Middle East?RATCLIFFE: Senator, no. In fact, the intelligence reflects the contrary.CORNYN: So you disagree with Mr. Kent.RATCLIFFE: I do.CORNYN: I would think any fair minded assessment of the situation, even based on open sources, would reflect the danger Iran poses, the regime poses, to the United States. Isn’t it true they’ve basically been at war with the West since 1979 during the Iranian Revolution, and have American blood on their hands?RATCLIFFE: That’s absolutely correct. I think Iran has been a constant threat to the United States for an extended period of time, and posed an immediate threat at this time.
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Trump didn’t start a war with Iran. He is ending a war with Iran that Iran started.
On March 2, the White House detailed every act of terrorism Iran committed against America and American citizens.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took over Iran on February 11, 1979.
The first act of terrorism? November 1979, when Iranian students, backed by the regime, captured the U.S. Embassy. They took 66 Americans hostage, and the standoff lasted 444 days.
Iran and its proxy terrorist groups attacked America in Beirut, Lebanon, four times from April 1983 to September 1984.
In October 1983, “Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a truck bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut.”
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