After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation linked to the strikes on oil depots in Iran, the desalination plant in Bahrain, on oil infrastructures in Saudi Arabia and Oman, and beyond.
Bombing oil depots across Tehran didn't just kill civilians. It poisoned the air, covered in thick black toxic clouds of smoke, contaminated the water and turned the sky into acid rain, raining oil on millions of people with cancerous polluted air entering every lung.
This has serious environmental and humanitarian consequences. Hazardous "black rain" and "acidic rain" in Iran and Saudi Arabia could pose serious health risks as toxic pollutants spread in the air, and the attacks on desalination facility in Bahrain has also threatened water access for civilians—raise concerns of "wider regional pollution exposure", with the long-term effects of pollutants, affect respiratory health and contaminate water, that will affect people for years.
Every bomb dropped on an oil depots is a time bomb for the people and the planet.
This has moved beyond geopolitics. It's a crime against humanity.
The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.
Our response then must be our response now:
NO to violations of international law.
NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.
NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.
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