Compare Joe Kent then and Joe Kent now
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Kent had a very honorable service and he even lost his wife in Syria but he is wrong on this one. I suspect losing his wife has caused him to lose perspective.
I suspect he wants to reenter politics.
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Maybe but he ripped his pants with a lot of the GOP.
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Liz Cheney
Speak for yourself. He's not perfect, and I never expected him to be. Still better than the alternative.
She went a lot further than Joe has, at least for now.
The Senate conspired to murder Caesar! JD Vance and the young bucks are getting
Impatient to play QB ,before their careers are destroyed by the Mad Man!
Et tu bruta
Impatient to play QB ,before their careers are destroyed by the Mad Man!
Et tu bruta
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He was better than I expected from 2012-2016 and he has been better than expected 2025 to date. certainly not perfect but certainly a solid A.
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Joe Kent triggers Tucker’s alarm when he says Israeli officials “short-circuit” the US government and tell American policymakers things that we know are simply not true.KENT: “I know the Israeli officials, some in intelligence, some in government, will come to US government officials, and they will say all kinds of things that we know from our intelligence just simply isn’t true.”“And they’ll say, ‘Hey, I’m giving you a preview. It’s not an intelligence channel as yet, but here’s what’s gonna happen.’ And that doesn’t usually come to our—”CARLSON: “Well, wait, wait a second. I mean, I thought that US policymakers made their decisions on the basis of intelligence collected and/or vetted by our intelligence community.”“You’re saying that Israeli officials short-circuited the entire US government and just went right to American policymakers and said, ‘It doesn’t matter what your country says. Here’s what we know.’ Is that what you’re saying?”KENT: “I mean, usually they’re pretty slick.”CARLSON: “Oh, of course.”KENT: “And they’ll say, ‘Hey, this isn’t in intelligence channels yet because it’s going to take some time to get there. [Iran is] on the cusp of building a [nuclear] bomb.’”“A lot of times they’ll sample different things until they find what sticks.
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Joe Kent triggers Tucker’s alarm when he says Israeli officials “short-circuit” the US government and tell American policymakers things that we know are simply not true.KENT: “I know the Israeli officials, some in intelligence, some in government, will come to US government officials, and they will say all kinds of things that we know from our intelligence just simply isn’t true.”“And they’ll say, ‘Hey, I’m giving you a preview. It’s not an intelligence channel as yet, but here’s what’s gonna happen.’ And that doesn’t usually come to our—”CARLSON: “Well, wait, wait a second. I mean, I thought that US policymakers made their decisions on the basis of intelligence collected and/or vetted by our intelligence community.”“You’re saying that Israeli officials short-circuited the entire US government and just went right to American policymakers and said, ‘It doesn’t matter what your country says. Here’s what we know.’ Is that what you’re saying?”KENT: “I mean, usually they’re pretty slick.”CARLSON: “Oh, of course.”KENT: “And they’ll say, ‘Hey, this isn’t in intelligence channels yet because it’s going to take some time to get there. [Iran is] on the cusp of building a [nuclear] bomb.’”“A lot of times they’ll sample different things until they find what sticks.