US must get troops out of Gulf, former counterterrorism chief says
Joseph Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre, urged Washington to immediately withdraw troops from the Gulf as Tehran woved to respond to Larak island attack. “We just struck targets on Lark Island, Iran will respond,” Kent said in a social media post. “If we want to control the escalation cycle and not have the war accelerate we must get our troops out of the region. If Iran gets lucky and kills US troops we will be sucked back into the war on Iran’s terms.” Kent…
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