A letter shared online in March 2026 is authentically a message in which Joe Kent, head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation over the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran.

America can’t begin to heal itself until it confronts a hard truth: our modern wars have been not only tragic, but futile. ...

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The greatest empires in history, like the Roman, Ottoman, Aztec and Mongol empires, all destroyed themselves from internal conflict. Internal conflicts destroy a lot of great countries. As they say, ...