Joe Kent – The Real Reason He’s Sounding the Alarm on Israel and Iran | SRS #291
Joe Kent is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, former CIA paramilitary officer, and until recently served as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, stepping down from the post in March 2026 following a principled disagreement over U.S. policy in the Iran war.
An Oregon native and graduate of Norwich University in Strategic Defense Analysis, Kent served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, completing 11 combat deployments across the Middle East and other high-threat regions. His military career included service with the 75th Ranger Regiment, Army Special Forces, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command, earning numerous commendations, including six bronze stars. After retiring from the Army in 2018, he served as a paramilitary officer in the CIA’s Special Activities Center.
Kent brought decades of frontline counterterrorism experience to the role, shaped in part by personal sacrifice: in 2019, his wife, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing while serving in Syria.
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00:00 Welcome
02:59 Israel Influence Claims
06:51 Trump Talks Disputed
09:33 Insider Trading Rumors
11:10 Who Is Joe Kent
12:56 How Iran War Started
15:31 Red Line Shifted
17:18 Midnight Hammer Explained
22:30 No Regime Change Wars
24:40 Rally Around Flag
30:00 Strategy Gap With Israel
33:08 Boots on Ground Fears
36:32 Better Advisors Needed
40:21 Global Blowback Risks
43:01 Allies Feel Fallout
43:21 Europe Energy Contracts
46:51 Rubio And War Options
47:23 Civilian Targeting Debate
50:27 Israel Lobby And Iraq
53:01 Syria Blowback And ISIS
56:10 IAEA And JCPOA
58:01 Sleeper Cells Border Risk
01:03:00 Surveillance State Fears
01:04:02 Leak Accusations Pushback
01:05:55 Assassination Attempts Links
01:13:23 Tulsi And Internal Dissent
01:15:35 How To End Iran War
01:15:46 Restrain Israel Leverage
01:20:01 Diplomacy Window Closing
01:22:54 Why Israel Gets a Pass
01:24:43 How Intel Gets Bypassed
01:26:37 Rushing Trump Into War
01:31:03 Midterms and MAGA Fallout
01:35:26 Broken Promises and Public Anger
01:39:06 Kent’s Next Move
01:42:30 Fixing AIPAC Influence
01:44:33 Combat Loadout and New Tech
01:50:26 Patreon Q&A War and Threats
01:59:04 Final Thanks and Signoff
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Ask him about his tweets a few years ago and his leaking and who his current wife works for and who their funded by
I’m legit crying right now
Shawn ! Your the shit ! Get some petitions going, then Rogan gets petitions going, then AJ gets petitions going. Then that Peguinz guy gets petitions going. And of course Nick “The Fat/Tatts/Healer/Medic. Get your petitions going,plz.
I suck at this ! But , If you all focus as a team. It could be awesome!
I’ll be happy to help !
Joe is a hero. Screw the cult members and their leader.
I’m so sorry man what you guys had to go through
Why can’t Shawn ask this question: “Why can’t Trump restrain Israel?” Why is the tail wagging the dog? What power does Israel have over Trump?
I think shows like this remind us that we need to ALL pay attention, without fear, and consciously object to harming human life. My wife has a friend had a fire in their home. I felt so bad, hoped to GOD no one got hurt. This war is EVIL EVIL EVIL, BOTTOM LINE
You can’t tell a soldier what’s going to happen. Loose lips.. tip of the spear understands. Their wives gf and friends eff it up. The other country will always know…. btw why is that aircraft carrier parked just outside of my missile range?
No Shirt… No Shit… cash is king..
Is It Real? ? ?
The legs of the horses move through the vines
Dont forget the Israeli saying “they are willing to fight to the last american!”
How many komprat files does Mossad have on the members of Congress? We know that almost all the members of Congress have AIPAC minders.
Bla blaa blaaaa
It’s not Israel, it’s Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. Nobody plays in their backyard without permission.
Kent has it 100% wrong. Israel’s benefit is the same as the Arabs, the shitty neighbors are gone.
I don’t understand the hardline Christian conservatives supporting this and supporting Israel, Israel is currently murdering Christian’s in Lebanon
Dude, what are you doing. You need to call out Trump and stop beating around the bush. If you still support him you live in clown world.
Joe has become one of my most favorite humans on earth! Of course leave it to a HUMINTer to win me over 😂
lol.. had to be compartmentalized because you leak information. Same reason why we cant go to congress for approval on strikes. They will leak it
This is my Super Bowl
All these guys from Washington are trained liars, you can’t believe any of them, even Sean said this in another interview that they all lied to him? I don’t believe Any of them, can’t hardly stand to listen to them lie , CIA, FBI, ATF, all of them, they are even fighting over which one killed Ben Laden, and Sean had that woman from CIA, saying her contacts are seeing him walking around? Who do we believe??
Why is my country bullying other countries?
You are full of shit, Trump had no justification in killing the ayatolla, US loves war and killing, same as Israel. What if some bombs Whitehouse, kills Trump and his family or kidnaps him and then just say, ‘he was a bad guy!’ We should all agree and cheer and dance in the streets! I’m sure we will!
Oh Taiwan can forget about their country now that we’re in this China is gonna take them in two seconds
“The Israelis are extremely competent in conducting smaller, more clandestine type of assassinations”
Interesting…
I say, we go try to actually open up a Christian church in Israel and ask the people to donate to America for our homeless. And drug addicts and see how much money we get. I will bet we don’t get two dollars from them
Apparently Israel tried to get the Obama admin and Biden admin to go to war with Iran, but Trump was the dimwit who fell for it. Imagine that? “Sleepy Joe” had more backbone than Captain Bone Spurs
Joe Kent has a lot of accolades, which is great for him, he did vote for Bernie in 2020, and for some reason he doesn’t seem to like Israel, although Israel is the only Democratic nation in that area, and they are surrounded by their enemies. So weakening Iran is good for USA and Israel.
This interview was insane truly pulled the blanket off the US geopolitics in the middle east America has no idea what the f**k they are doing there
Hes making his own decisions and made the call HIMSELF! EPSTEIN FULES!
I mean lets also get real tulsi is a complete bag of dookie and a complete plhony. She is a maga zombie just like the rest
Another controlled opposition psy op. NONE of these people are your friends, on your side, or are coming to save you. They are there because they were installed. Grow up people and quit getting played for fools
it’s crystal clear to everybody, epstein had all the deep state by the balls, literally.
This guy gives me the creeps. Wounded soul. His pain and suffering has messed with his objectivity. I respect his wounded ness and the source of his loss is due compassion and respect. No longer fit for service. Let him live a quiet life away from triggers.
You lost me the very second you started endorsing Steve Wytcoff – I smell an agenda
There is so much in this interview I want to comment on but where do you start?
They are not mad Shawn, they are getting paid!!! Or blackmailed!!!!
Finally people are waking up to this absolute moron in the Whitehouse
Why isn’t he telling THEM no, folks? Can you think of a reason why? I can.
EPP-STEEN FILES.
How many of those are still hidden? Lots and lots. Who acted super bizarre and turned on their base over said files? President Trump.
I think it’s beyond obvious what’s going on here. He’s being blackmailed. We all know he was a perv back in the day. All these billionaires are, especially NYC in the 80’s and 90’s? Come on people. It’s not rocket science.
He’s willing to burn it all down over something. Same reason he won’t look into Butler or Charlie. These people are caught with their pants down (and it’s more than Trump).
God bless you Joe and Shawn …
New clear not nuke lear…. drives me crazy!
Susie Wiles – the primary individual responsible for controlling access to the president…..AND a former Netanyahu associate !
wow 🙏🏾
Just watch on Spotify. Major respect for Joe Kent.
This dude saw the martian brains in Mars Attacks and was like “…Yes, that’s a perfect hairstyle”.
Kent, maybe if we minded our own bizzness you would not have any friends killed by Iran? I am concerned by some of what you say.
Not interested in listening to this sellout
Majority Of Americans are still voting Red……..so youre telling me you are going to vote Blue lmfaoooo good luck!
I used to talk sh*t in comments about shawn and i actually feel bad. I was wrong about shawn bc he actually has morals. He knows maga is bs and doesnt have respect for this joke of an admin. We need more legit warriors like him that can admit maga isnt america first or alpha at all
Thank you for your service Joe , you are an extremely smart man , I really hope the President hears your words 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Is Shawn a democrat? 😂