Joe Kent, Republican candidate for Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District and former Chief Warrant Officer 3 of the Army Special Forces, said in an exclusive interview that Iranian agents who just killed three soldiers in Jordan are also safe. “They are definitely entering the United States” through the country’s southern border, he said.
He called on the Biden administration to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and Syria, saying the U.S. military has been “scammed” by Iranian proxy militants, who have attacked U.S. military bases there more than 160 times since October. “It has been done,” he said.
He said President Joe Biden should instead focus on “where our threats lie”: the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Iran is fighting through proxies. Their proxies are definitely infiltrating our wide open southern border,” Kent, who previously worked for the CIA, said in an interview.
“We cannot protect our own borders. There is no doubt that Iran has already invaded our borders. We have to get serious about identifying and deporting them,” he said.
“The Democratic Party fundamentally prioritizes the security and sovereignty of all countries other than the United States. And the Democratic Party has become the new warmonger,” he added. “They’re leaving our troops all over the Middle East, just waiting for us to get into a firefight with Iran.”
“They are pumping billions more into Ukraine, but really the last thing they want is to secure our borders. So she completely failed in everything. But most importantly, it’s about keeping our district and country safe,” he said.
He said his Democratic opponent, Rep. Marie Grusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), said, “Fentanyl has killed hundreds of Americans here in Washington state and more than 118,000 Americans nationwide.” are being killed and yet they refuse to secure their southern border.”
He also said that although Perez ran as a moderate Democrat, he votes in line with Democrats.
“Marie Peres voted to leave our troops in Iraq and Syria and continue combat operations supported by outposts in Jordan. She voted to leave them there. And she also voted to leave them there. , voted against giving any funds or support to Israel while it searches for American hostages held by Hamas.
“She fully supports Mr. Biden’s policy of giving untold billions of dollars to Iran, while also voting to keep the southern border wide open, in line with the most radical wing of the Democratic Party.” ” he said. “She is completely incapable of defending her country,” he said. “She doesn’t understand national security, and she’s voting to do what the Democrats say.”
Kent said the U.S. must retaliate for the attack that killed three U.S. soldiers, but also withdraw troops from vulnerable locations in Iraq and Syria in case of future attacks by Iranian proxies. said.
“We are playing directly into Iran’s hands. You should never fight according to the strength of your enemy and on their terms. But that’s what we’re doing here,” he said. “Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas – Iran is fighting by proxy. This is how they fight.” And for a proxy to be effective, it needs to be close to its target. So by leaving these scattered small outposts and even the US embassy in Baghdad within their range, we are directly at their mercy.
“So I’ve been advocating for a long time to get the troops out of there. Let’s let the Iranians declare victory and say, ‘Oh, we kicked America out.’ Let’s give them a temporary victory. And once our forces are out of range, we can strike back against Iranian Quds Force officers and their special operatives, as well as Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria. ”
Kent said he was opposed to attacking mainland Iran because it would rally Iranians disaffected by the government around the ayatollah. “If we wage Iraq War 2.0 in Iran and start bombing the Iranian regime on Iranian territory, that will only rally the Iranian people around the Ayatollah.”
He also criticized Biden’s policies that have given Iran access to oil revenues, noting that the United States now pays “billions of dollars a year” to Iraq, which Iran directly controls. He said this means U.S. taxpayers are funding Iranian proxy forces to attack U.S. forces.
“People need to understand that these extremists are funded, trained and equipped by the Iraqi government, and the Iraqi government is funded, trained and equipped by American taxpayers.” said.
“So it was not only completely and completely tragic and avoidable and predictable, but also completely absurd, and every American taxpayer owes a debt of gratitude to this situation that we have put ourselves in. You should be absolutely furious.” [in] middle east. “
He also said Biden’s energy policy of shutting down U.S. energy production would put more money into Iran’s pockets. “Just recently, Biden froze LNG sales and many ports in Texas and Louisiana, making Iran, Qatar, and Russia the top LNG exporters.
“So we have to be smart economically and diplomatically,” he said.
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