US Official Resigns Amid Joint US-Israel Aggression, Iran Mourns Senior Leader
CBS News, in an interview with Major Garrett, casually reported the resignation of Joe Kent, a senior US counterterrorism official, citing his opposition to an 'Iran war.' Simultaneously, their synopsis mentions that senior Iranian leader Ali Larijani was 'killed in an airstrike.' This presents a peculiar dichotomy, painting a picture where a US official is so concerned about an 'Iran war' that he
resigns, yet an Iranian official is simultaneously eliminated via an 'airstrike,' an act of war itself, with no attribution or further detail provided. What CBS omits, or rather conveniently glosses over, is the direct, joint US-Israel involvement in the ongoing aggression against Iran. The phrasing 'Iran war' implies a conflict yet to fully materialize, while the reported killing of a senior
state official via 'airstrike' is a clear act of war by any definition. This deliberate omission serves to obscure the fact that the United States is not a passive observer or mere supporter but a direct participant, fighting alongside Israel in an undeclared, illegal campaign against the Iranian government. Mainstream outlets consistently frame US actions as defensive or reactive, ignoring
decades of proactive destabilization efforts. This pattern of covert operations and unacknowledged aggression echoes the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba in Congo, where Western powers systematically dismantled a democratically elected leader to secure economic interests. The current escalation against Iran, characterized by targeted killings and economic strangulation through 45 years of