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Latest Commentary: Counterterrorism Chief Quits over Iran War -- Joe Kent has resigned as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. In his resignation letter, he stated that his conscience did not allow him to serve in the administration because of the ill-conceived war with Iran, which he claims was caused by Israel. It is interesting to see someone in Washington resign over a matter of principles these days. It is even odder that Mr. Kent has developed principles suddenly. Thus far, he as been a faithful adherent of MAGA. [18 March] Allies Decline Trump Invitation to Fight Iran -- Donald Trump has mocked and threatened America's allies for the entirety of his second term and did so for most of his first. Complaining that they are ripping off America and cowering under the American nuclear umbrella, he has damaged the trust upon which any alliance depends. He has erred terribly in his war with Iran, believing the Iranians would not close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. They have done so, and he now wants those same allies he abused to come to his rescue. Almost without exception, their reply has been "not our war, so not our problem." [17 March] Iran Says Strait of Hormuz to Stay Closed -- Yesterday, the United States Senate debated a resolution invoking the War Powers Act to curb the ill-considered war againsdt Iran. The House will vote today, but since the Senate failed to pass its version, the House vote is just a formality. It will go forward to allow members to go on the record about this war. Based on how the Senate voted, the attack on Iran and all that follows is the responsibility of the Republican Party. At the moment, they seem to be OK with that, but as the body bags come home, that will change. [12 March] Iran Adopts Fabian Strategy -- The US and Israel have pounded Iran quite heavily over the last 13 days, and a great deal of Iranian military assets are no more. The old leader of Iran is dead and the new one was wounded in the opening hours of the war. Iran has attack neighbors that would have quite happily sat this one out, forcing them to assist the US and Israel. Out-numbered, out-gunned and out-supplied, Iran should probably surrender according to conventional wisdom. But Iran is taking a different view. Iran is simply not going to quit. It will absorb all the punishment the Israelis and Americans can administer, but it will not quit. This Fabian approach has historically succeeded, and Iran may well do likewise. [11 March] Ayatollah Khamenei Replaces Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran -- The Supreme Leader of Iran, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died in the first hours of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Iran took only a few days to select a successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The matching surname is not a coincidence. The new boss is the son of the old boss. The American president has dismissed him as a "lightweight," but his rise to power suggests he is much more temporal than spiritual when it comes to hardball politics. He has never really held office, but his fingerprints are all over the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, and other parts of the Iranian system are not alien to him. He represents continuity, and that includes the Supreme Leader being targeted for death by the US and Israel. [10 March] © Copyright 2026 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Ubuntu Linux.
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