Name: 美國國防情報局高官喬·肯特因伊朗戰爭問題請辭！ (Top Trump intel official Joe Kent resigns over Iran war)
Uploaded: 2026-03-17T16:36:49.000Z
Duration: 12 min 1 s

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We just learned, get this, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, has just announced he's resigning.

我們剛得知，川普政府國家反恐中心主任喬·肯特（Joe Kent）剛剛宣佈他要辭職了。

CNN National Security reporter Zachary Cohn is joining us right now.

CNN 國家安全記者 Zachary Cohn 現在 joins us。

Zachary, what more can you tell us about this dramatic development?

Zachary，你能多告訴我們一些關於這個戲劇性的發展嗎？

Yeah, well, this appears to be a significant resignation at the senior most levels of the Trump intelligence community.

沒錯，這看來是川普情報界最高層級的一次重大辭職。

He was the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

He, he posting, appearing to post on X, a resignation letter that he submitted citing misgivings over the Trump administration's decision to launch its war with Iran.

他，他發布了，似乎是在 X 上發布了一封辭職信，信中引用了他對川普政府決定發動與伊朗的戰爭感到不安。

Now Kent in this letter writes in part, quote, as a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a gold star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.

肯特在這封信中寫道，引述：「身為一位曾 11 次部署到戰鬥前線的退伍軍人，也是一位失去摯愛妻子 Shannon 在以色列製造的戰爭中喪生的陣亡將士家屬，我無法支持讓下一代去為了一場對美國人民沒有任何益處，也無法證明美國人生命代價是合理的戰爭而戰鬥和犧牲。」

Now Kent, in his apparent post on X, does also seem to suggest that there was no imminent threat that has been used and cited by the Trump administration as justification for launching this war against Iran.

肯特在他似乎在 X 上的發文中，也似乎暗示了川普政府用來作為發動對伊朗戰爭理由的迫在眉睫的威脅，實際上並不存在。

He says that essentially the administration manufactured this idea of an imminent threat and that is part of the reason why he is deciding to resign from his post.

他說，基本上是政府製造了迫在眉睫的威脅這個想法，這也是他決定辭職的原因之一。

Let me read a little bit from this letter that he wrote to President Trump.

讓我來唸一下他寫給川普總統的信中的一小段。

He works for the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

他在國家情報總監 Tulsi Gabbard 手下工作。

He says, I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.

他說，我無法在良心上支持正在進行的伊朗戰爭。

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.

伊朗對我們的國家沒有迫在眉睫的威脅，而且很明顯，我們是因為以色列及其強大的美國遊說團體的壓力才發動這場戰爭。

I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 20, 20, 2024, which you enacted in your first term.

我支持您在 2016、20、20、2024 年競選時所倡導的價值觀和外交政策，以及您在第一個任期內所實施的政策。

Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle east were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.

直到 2025 年 6 月，您都明白中東的戰爭是一個陷阱，它剝奪了美國愛國者的寶貴生命，並耗盡了我們國家的財富和繁榮。

And he added this, in your first administration, you understood better than any modern president how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never ending wars.

他還補充說，在您的第一個政府任期內，您比任何現代總統都更清楚如何在不讓我們陷入無休止的戰爭的情況下，果斷地運用軍事力量。

You demonstrated this by killing Qasem Soleimani and by defeating isis.

您透過擊斃 Qasem Soleimani 和擊敗 ISIS 來證明瞭這一點。

He goes on and says more, Sabrina, but those are powerful words.

他還說了更多，Sabrina，但這些都是很有力的話。

I think what's also important here is this is an appointee that was not someone that you could consider not aligned with the President.

我認為這裡也很重要的一點是，這位被任命者並非你認為與總統不一致的人。

I mean, this is someone that espoused the mag of base views and was appointed by, of course, Tulsi Gabbard.

我的意思是，這是個支持MAGA基本觀點的人，當然是由Tulsi Gabbard任命的。

And so the fact that he has issued a very public resignation and the fact that he's also said that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States, a case that was made by Donald Trump multiple times and many other officials in this administration, including the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying that Iran posed an immediate threat to the United States.

所以，他發表了非常公開的辭職信，而且他也說伊朗對美國沒有迫在眉睫的威脅，這是唐納·川普多次以及包括國防部長Pete Hegseth、國務卿Marco Rubio在內的許多政府官員都曾提出的說法，他們說伊朗對美國構成立即威脅。

And he's someone that clearly had access to intelligence matters saying that they did not.

而且他顯然接觸過情報事務，卻說伊朗沒有。

I think you could potentially see other resignations from this administration, people deep within the MAGA base that do not support this war of choice.

我認為你可能會看到政府裡出現其他辭職，來自MAGA基本盤裡不支持這場自選戰爭的人。

坦白說，這確實是一場自選的戰爭。

It is something that the President chose to do.

And he has said, you know, kind of on his own conscience that he decided to initiate this war as well.

他自己也說了，你知道的，他決定發動這場戰爭。

他甚至說他讓以色列也加入進來了。

But in this letter, Joe Kent says he believes that this is started because of pressure from Israel and its American lobby.

但在這封信裡，Joe Kent 說他認為這場戰爭是因為以色列及其美國遊說團體的壓力而發動的。

I'm wondering, General, what you think about the last.

將軍，我想知道你對最後一點有什麼看法。

He says, you can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos.

他說，你可以改變方向，為我們的國家開創一條新道路，或者讓我們進一步滑向衰落和混亂。

I'm wondering at this point, several weeks into this war, you have Iran saying that the Strait of Hormuz will never go back to the conditions where it was before.

我想知道，在這場戰爭打了幾週後，伊朗方面說荷姆茲海峽將永遠無法恢復到之前的狀態。

That being President Trump, he needs to cut his losses and shut this down as quick as he possibly can.

那就是川普總統，他需要及時止損，盡快結束這一切。

That would be the best thing at this solution.

You know, I'm not sure if he's got the capability, the wherewithal to actually do that politically, but, I mean, this is not going well and it's going to get worse.

我不太確定他有沒有那個政治上的能力和資源能做到，但這真的不太順利，而且情況只會越來越糟。

And bully for Mr. Joe Kent for having the political courage to stand up for what he believes.

為喬·肯特先生的政治勇氣鼓掌，他為自己所相信的站了出來。

You know, this is a guy that's a big time MAGA supporter, has always been very much like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who you had on your show yesterday.

他是一位堅定的 MAGA 支持者，一直以來都很像昨天您節目上邀請的瑪喬麗·泰勒·格林。

I mean, these are significant resignations from the MAGA world, and people need to take note.

這些都是 MAGA 陣營裡重要的辭職事件，大家需要注意。

And I hope that this leads to the resignation of other members of the administration because he is absolutely spot on target.

我希望這能促使更多政府官員辭職，因為他的看法完全切中要點。

This is not in the best interest of the United States to continue this war, and

美國繼續這場戰爭，對美國沒有任何益處，

President Trump needs to shut it down as quickly as he possibly can.

川普總統需要盡快結束這一切。

Let me read another sentence or two from his resignation letter.

As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times, and

作為一位曾 11 次部署到戰鬥的退伍軍人，

as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in A war that serves no benefit to the American people, nor justifies the cost of American lives.

身為一位失去我摯愛的妻子 Shannon 的陣亡將士家屬，我無法支持讓下一代去戰鬥和犧牲，去打一場對美國人民沒有任何益處，也無法證明美國人生命代價是合理的戰爭。

Yeah, I mean, We've already seen 13American service members die in this war.

是的，我的意思是，我們已經有 13 名美國軍人在這場戰爭中喪生。

their conditions have ranged from very serious to some have been returned to duty.

他們的傷勢從非常嚴重到有些已經歸隊服役。

But I think, you know, we've heard Pete Hagstadt say this time and again that more Americans could.

但我想，你知道，我們已經聽 Pete Hagstadt 一再說過，會有更多美國人。

And I think this letter makes it very clear.

而且我認為這封信已經說得很清楚了。

And this is someone that's obviously gone to war on behalf of our country and seen the cost that it takes, not just on the people who are putting their lives on the line, but

而且這是一位顯然曾代表我們國家參戰，並且看過戰爭付出的代價的人，不僅是對那些冒著生命危險的人，更是對

And so I think it is really important that not only is he putting this out today, but

所以我認為這真的很重要，不只是他今天發布了這份聲明，

this is someone that is a deep figure within the MAGA base and someone that is aligned with the President and is breaking very publicly with him.

他是 MAGA 陣營裡一個非常重要的人物，而且他與總統立場一致，現在卻公開與他決裂。

And it's personal for him, as you noted, Wolf, that his wife was killed in Syria in 2019 by an ISIS bomber.

而且就像你說的，Wolf，這對他來說是私人的，因為他的妻子在 2019 年於敘利亞被 ISIS 自殺炸彈客殺害。

You know, I just want to go back to you, General.

Clearly you don't agree with this war, but

at the same time, Israel is saying that it has taken out more top Iranian officials, including one who has been overseeing a lot of what Iran has been doing and its counterattacks.

同時，以色列表示他們已經擊斃了更多伊朗高官，包括一位負責伊朗許多行動和反擊行動的人。

And I just wonder if you see any progress, any benefit so far from this war in terms of safety toward the United States because of some of the people who have been taken out.

我只是想問，就美國的安全而言，你是否看到這場戰爭至今有任何進展、任何益處，因為有些人都被擊斃了。

First of all, I commend the military performance thus far in the war.

首先，我讚揚這場戰爭迄今為止的軍事表現。

And look, no one's shedding any tears for Khomeini's demise and a new Ayatollah and the aggressive nature that they have had towards in the region and been a threat in the region.

當然，沒有人會為克霍梅尼的垮臺、新任阿亞圖拉以及他們在該地區的侵略性，以及對該地區造成的威脅而感到惋惜。

I mean, I'm all for doing something about the Iranians, but we were not provoked.

我的意思是，我支持對付伊朗人，但我們並沒有受到挑釁。

We're in the middle of a long war, at least a long war for them.

我們正處於一場漫長的戰爭之中，至少對他們來說是場漫長的戰爭。

I mean, I remember what Henry Kissinger said about Vietnam.

我記得亨利·季辛吉曾說過關於越南的話。

He said that, you know, the Americans will lose by not winning and the Vietnamese will win by not losing.

他說，你知道，美國人會因為沒有贏而輸，而越南人會因為沒有輸而贏。

The Iranians just want to sustain themselves, stay in power as long as they possibly can, continue to harass the United States like attacking Baghdad and the embassy there and whatnot, and

伊朗人只想維持自己，盡可能長時間地掌權，繼續騷擾美國，就像攻擊巴格達和那裡的使館等等，而且

stay alive long enough so that they can claim victory.

活得夠久，以便他們能宣稱勝利。

And that's what they will do if they do this long enough.

如果他們這樣做夠久，他們就會這樣做。

Let's go actually to the White House where We're going to find our Kevin Lip Tech who's been tracking any responses coming from the administration.

讓我們實際上前往白宮，在那裡我們會找到追蹤政府任何回應的凱文·利普泰克。

Yeah, nothing official yet from the president, although we are expecting to see him any moment now in the Oval Office with the Taoiseach of Ireland.

是的，總統那邊還沒有官方消息，不過我們預計他隨時會和愛爾蘭總理在橢圓形辦公室現身。

But you do hear, you know, officials who are within the Trump orbit beginning to sound off on this.

不過你確實聽說，你知道，川普陣營裡的官員開始發表看法了。

You know, one former White House official described Trump Joe Kent as an egomaniac, someone who is resigning this position in quite a high profile fashion.

你知道，一位前白宮官員形容川普的喬·肯特是個自戀狂，一個以非常高調的方式辭職的人。

And I think that is probably along the lines of what we will hear from the president if and when he decides to respond to this.

我想這大概就是總統如果決定回應這件事時，會說的話。

But I do think it will be difficult for him to entirely dismiss this resignation as someone, you know, with Trump derangement syndrome, as someone who is a Trump enemy, as he does so often, just because Trump Joe Kent has so often aligned himself with the president.

但我認為他很難完全忽視這次辭職，說這是一個有川普症候群的人，一個川普的敵人，就像他常常做的那樣，因為川普的喬·肯特經常和總統立場一致。

That's how he ran as a candidate for Congress two times in Washington State.

他過去兩次在華盛頓州競選國會議員時就是這樣運作的。

And it is why he was selected for this position in the first place.

這也是他最初被選上這個職位的原因。

You know, his confirmation was not an easy one by any means.

你知道，他的任命過程絕不輕鬆。

He was, you know, very narrowly confirmed by the Senate.

參議院以非常微弱票數通過了他的任命。

And all of these questions about conspiracies around the 2020 election, about potential ties to white nationalists, all arose in his confirmation hearings.

而關於2020年大選的陰謀論、與白人至上主義者潛在的聯繫等所有這些問題，都在他的任命聽證會上浮現。

And for all of those reasons, I think it will be difficult for the president to sort of entirely distance himself from this individual who is now coming out very publicly decrying some of the perceived rationale for the war in Iran.

總體來說，我認為總統很難完全撇清與這位現在公開譴責伊朗戰爭某些所謂理由的個人的關係。

And I do think it will also put in a very difficult position.

而且我認為這也會讓她處於一個非常困難的境地。

Joe Kent's boss, the director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who has espoused, you know, in previous lives the very same positions about questioning the adventurism of previous iterations of the Republican Party, questioning nation building pursuits.

喬·肯特的上司，國家情報總監圖爾西·加巴德，她過去曾主張，就像共和黨過去的冒險主義和國家建設追求一樣，對這些提出質疑。

She too was a veteran just like Joe Kent, and

她也和喬·肯特一樣是退伍軍人，

so putting her, I think, in a difficult position.

所以我認為這讓她處於一個困難的境地。

But certainly we expect to hear from the president very soon and hopefully he will be asked about all of this.

但我們肯定預計很快就會聽到總統的回應，希望他會被問到這一切。

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