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2024-05-14 Home Front: WoT

Army Major at the Silver Bullet Resigns Over US Support for Israel

[NEWSMAX version of Israeli Times article posted earlier by TW]

A U.S. Army officer in the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency resigned in protest of the Biden administration's support for Israel's war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Maj. Harrison Mann announced his resignation in a two-page letter posted on his LinkedIn account, in which he wrote that the Biden administration's support for Israel "has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians."

Mann said the "unconditional support" also encourages "escalation that risks wider war."

According to his LinkedIn profile, Mann had been an executive officer and analyst with the DIA's Middle East/Africa Regional Center since August 2021 and has been with the Army since May 2011.

"It is clear that this week, some of you will still be asked to provide support — directly or indirectly — to the Israeli military as it conducts operations into Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza," Mann wrote. "I distributed this letter internally on April 16 and received an unexpected outpouring of support. I am sharing it now in the hope that you too will discover you are not alone, you are not voiceless, and you are not powerless."

Unlike the CIA, which is focused on providing intelligence to the president and his Cabinet, the DIA said on its website it is the principal source of foreign intelligence to combat-related missions.

It's unknown if other military officers have resigned in protest of the Biden administration's policy since Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack in southern Israel that led to the massacre of at least 1,200 Israeli civilians and about 250 being taken hostage.

A spokeswoman for the Army was not immediately able to confirm if other officers had resigned for similar reasons since the war began, The New York Times reported Monday.

The Biden administration has come under intense domestic pressure regarding its support for Israel, with protests roiling college campuses, leading to thousands of arrests, the most active demonstrations on college campuses since the Vietnam War.

The U.S. military built a floating pier in the Mediterranean off the Gaza coast to enable more humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians, and President Joe Biden has threatened to withhold military shipments to Israel if it proceeded a military operation into the Gaza city of Rafah.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-14 07:50|| || Front Page|| [252 views ] Top
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#1 Good luck back at OCS (On City Streets). Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-14 07:58|| 2024-05-14 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Nah, I think it was the latest Diversity Training and EO classes that pushed him over the edge.

Actually, really, good for him. If that's how he really feels, then his resignation is good--for himself and the military.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-05-14 08:20|| 2024-05-14 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Vindman and Mann Consulting opening their J-Street offices soon.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-05-14 08:38|| 2024-05-14 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, bye. (Screen door etc.)

Posted by ed in texas 2024-05-14 08:49|| 2024-05-14 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd rather have this officer resign and have his TS/SCI access pulled than have him stay on as a disgruntled solider who might get some crazy ideas.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-05-14 09:23|| 2024-05-14 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Seeya!

Posted by DarthVader 2024-05-14 09:47|| 2024-05-14 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 re#5,

Might get DDM?? I think that horse left the barn long ago.

Posted by alanc 2024-05-14 10:24|| 2024-05-14 10:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Is this the guy who is a Harvard graduate?

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-05-14 10:45|| 2024-05-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Yup - Harvard Kennedy School Masters Public Admn. 2021

Posted by Bobby 2024-05-14 12:27|| 2024-05-14 12:27|| Front Page Top

#10 On the surface it seems like a proper course of action. However, given a deeper look, at what limited information is available, perhaps this was as much about dead-end as moral outrage? From his picture and the limited information about him from the link below, he seems to have had a rather mundane career. Commissioned as an Infantry Officer, but currently assigned as a Foreign Area Officer at DIA, he has been deployed to Tunisia, Bahrain, South Korea and Kuwait. Interestingly, since his commissioning in 2011, his picture shows the Expert Infantry Badge, a single Army Commendation Medal, and an Army Achievement Medal with two Oak leaf Clusters. In my opinion, after his 13 years of commissioned service, this does not suggest significant achievement or a good path going forward.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-officer-resigns-israel/on, and leaving by the front door.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-05-14 13:04|| 2024-05-14 13:04|| Front Page Top

#11 But will he throw his medals over the fence at the White House?

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-14 13:08|| 2024-05-14 13:08|| Front Page Top

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