US and Israel war objectives in Iran are not the same, says National Intelligence director

US and Israel war objectives in Iran are not the same, says National Intelligence director US director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the intelligence committee during a hearing on Thursday that America and Israel do not share the same war aims in Iran. “The operations that the Israeli government has been focused on [are] disabling the Iranian leadership,” Tulsi explained, whereas Trump has “stated that his objectives are to destroy Iran’s ballistic missiles launching capability, their ballistic missile production capability, and their navy”. This comes after Gabbard's top aide and head of counterterrorism Joseph Kent resigned in protest of the war on Iran on Tuesday, citing “pressure from Israel” involved in driving the offensive actions of the US military among his reasons for leaving.