Now along comes Joe Kent, a 45-year-old former Special Forces warrior in Iraq and the Trump-appointed director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Kent resigned Tuesday, writing, “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 is a loyal supporter of President Donald Trump, whom he believes was misled. Kent continued, “High-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined [Trump’s] America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran.”