Israeli Prime Minister Responds to Controversial Statement by Former Director of U.S. Counterterrorism Center <\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the accusations made by former U.S. Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, claiming that Israelis “dragged” Americans into a war against Iran.<\/p>\n
As reported by RBC-Ukraine, Netanyahu’s statement is cited by The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Also read: More military budgets for Russia and Britain: The cost of the U.S. war with Iran may rise<\/strong><\/p>\n “Who could even think that anyone could tell President Donald Trump what to do? Come on,” said the head of the Israeli government, commenting on Kent’s statement.<\/p>\n According to Netanyahu, Israel and the U.S. are achieving their goals in the war against Iran with lightning speed through close coordination.<\/p>\n “Ideological fanatics, these crazies see their existence as meaningful only in the destruction of Western civilization and America, which leads it… They have maimed and wounded thousands of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. They killed American Marines in Beirut. They bombed your embassies. They tried to kill American President Donald Trump,” the Israeli Prime Minister reminded.<\/p>\n He stated that the possibility of such fanatics acquiring nuclear weapons, which they could use to attack any American or European city, poses a threat to the U.S. and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n “If people are honest, if leaders are honest, they would understand that we are not only fighting our battle; we are fighting their battle. I speak with dozens of world leaders. Dozens. They all know this. And privately, they all say it. They say it privately, but I say it publicly. The world owes a great debt… to President Trump for leading these efforts to secure our future,” Netanyahu added.<\/p>\n Kent’s Accusations<\/p>\n Recall that on March 17, U.S. Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent submitted his resignation due to the U.S. war against Iran.<\/p>\n He claimed that high-ranking Israeli officials had dragged Americans into this war.<\/p>\n According to Kent, such military actions do not justify the cost of American servicemen’s lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Israeli Prime Minister Responds to Controversial Statement by Former U.S. Counterterrorism Center Director Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the accusations made by former U.S. Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, claiming that Israelis “dragged” Americans into a war against Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n