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Top Joint Chiefs Adviser Removed Over Anti-Israel Social Media Posts
Conservative Brief ^ | June 19, 2025 | Jon Dougherty

Posted on 06/22/2025 1:39:32 PM PDT by Angelino97

A top adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been relieved of duty following the discovery of several anti-Israel social media posts.

U.S. Army Col. Nathan McCormack was removed from his advisory role on Israel-related matters following the discovery of the posts.

According to his LinkedIn profile, McCormack served as the Levant and Egypt branch chief within the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate. He reportedly posted several inflammatory comments on his X account, including calling Israel a “death cult” and referring to its government as “Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies,” according to the Jewish News Syndicate.

A Joint Staff official told The Daily Wire that McCormack has been removed from his role and the case has been referred to the U.S. Army for further review and action.

The J5 directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff provides strategic guidance to the chairman on military planning, policy, and broader national security matters. In his role, McCormack was responsible for preparing senior military leaders for engagements with partner nations, including Israel.

McCormack made the posts using an X account under the name “Nate,” where he frequently referenced his job and even shared an image of his Meritorious Service Medal certificate. Since taking on his role — which his LinkedIn profile indicates began in June 2024 — he has repeatedly posted about his views on Israel, particularly following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israeli civilians.

“The Western states go to great lengths to avoid criticism of Israel, much out of Holocaust guilt,” McCormack tweeted in April.

In May, he posted that “Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies are determined to prolong the conflict for their own goals: either to remain in power or to annex the land.” In April 2024, McCormack even questioned if the United States was a proxy of Israel.

“I’ve lately been considering whether we might be Israel’s proxy and not realized it yet,” he posted. “Our worst ‘ally.’ We get literally nothing out of the ‘partnership’ other than the enmity of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.”

While still actively serving as a U.S. Army officer, McCormack publicly expressed his views in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians, before he began his assignment with the Joint Chiefs.

“I agree that Israel has an absolute right to respond militarily, and that civilians may legally be caught in the crossfire, but you are ignoring the requirement of proportionality,” McCormack posted. “Israel’s responses always (always—not hyperbole) disproportionately target Palestinian civilians.”

McCormack also used the account to share details about his official responsibilities, stating in August 2024 that “we” had warned Israel it would be “fuxked” if it escalated its conflict with Lebanon.

Despite the warning, Israel launched an invasion two months later that dealt a major blow to the terrorist group Hezbollah. He additionally posted about his conversations and briefings with officers from the Israeli Defense Forces.

On Monday, McCormack reportedly claimed the Department of Defense endorses the casualty figures from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

“Along with the World Health Organization and United Nations, we (Department of Defense, Department of State and the U.S. Intelligence Community) consider the Gaza Health Ministry figures to be generally reliable (though not precise),” he wrote, “but probably less so now than they were originally due to the general destruction and chaos in Gaza.”


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1 posted on 06/22/2025 1:39:32 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Another anti-Semite globalist rooted out


2 posted on 06/22/2025 1:43:40 PM PDT by Skwor
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To: Angelino97

Takin’ out the Trash....


3 posted on 06/22/2025 1:43:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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This guy is a complete wack job.


4 posted on 06/22/2025 1:43:59 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Angelino97

fancy that: a top-level U.S. military advisor regarding Israel spews vile hatred of Israel! He done F’d Around and done Found Out ...


5 posted on 06/22/2025 1:46:39 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Angelino97
“The Western states go to great lengths to avoid criticism of Israel, much out of Holocaust guilt,” McCormack tweeted in April.

Guy is stuck on stupid. And realllllly wanted attention... and so he got it!!!

6 posted on 06/22/2025 1:46:40 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: montag813

What kind of military do we have, that someone like this could make Colonel?

https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/us-israel-planner-sacked-death-cult-cz8o38kk


7 posted on 06/22/2025 1:49:19 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Angelino97
.’ We get literally nothing out of the ‘partnership’ other than the enmity of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.”

The man should find fellowship with many here who likewise feel as he does, however, the man can only imagine that militant (meaning faithful followers of Muhammad) Islam would be at peace with the US even if we did not support Israel whose destruction Islam seeks and has sought during the last 80+ years.

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8 posted on 06/22/2025 1:53:44 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Why are colonels posting on social media? Maybe pictures of their kids soccer games…but nothing political.

I thought those guys were supposed to be smart?


9 posted on 06/22/2025 1:54:46 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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This is what a real President and CIC is


10 posted on 06/22/2025 1:55:08 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Angelino97

In my life I have met many people. One thing that has been (don’t get out much lately due to family duties) encountered on a regular basis is antisemitism. People just casually express hatred for Jews.


11 posted on 06/22/2025 1:56:59 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: catnipman; PJ-Comix; Liz; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Kaslin; Lazamataz; governsleastgovernsbest

And just how dozen/hundred/thousand OTHER ARMY, CIA, FBI, AND NSA AND Dept of State “Analysts” and “Exports” have the Obama-Biden-Harris administrations pushed into identical hidden slots against America, against Israel, against Western Judeo-Christian cultures?


12 posted on 06/22/2025 1:57:04 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Angelino97

They will eventually all out themselves.


13 posted on 06/22/2025 1:58:29 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Angelino97

Removed from duties. Does that mean he gets to stay home and post more vile rhetoric? Tuck him away for a while from all contact with other people and outside internet access.

Give him a good chance to think about what he did. Make the room nice and chilly with no blankets or pillows.


14 posted on 06/22/2025 2:02:45 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: Angelino97

To find out who rules over you, learn who you may not criticize...


15 posted on 06/22/2025 2:05:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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To: Fledermaus

Exactly.


16 posted on 06/22/2025 2:05:35 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Angelino97

The need to share your thoughts with everyone is a sickness, but glad he did. Previous administration he would have been celebrated and promoted


17 posted on 06/22/2025 2:09:25 PM PDT by blitz128
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<< stating in August 2024 that “we” had warned Israel it would be “fuxked” if it escalated its conflict with Lebanon. >>

Not exactly, Nostradumbass.


18 posted on 06/22/2025 2:17:20 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Angelino97

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19 posted on 06/22/2025 2:21:36 PM PDT by joshua c
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Levant and Egypt branch chief within the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate

I was searching in Google and Perplexity AI Pro for when this position was first created. They both come back with June, 2024 with the appointment of Colonel Nathan McCormack in the role.

This puts it within the Biden administration.

I point this out because the term "Levant" means the region of the Middle East without Israel. Obama always used this term when referring to ISIL instead of ISIS. It was a tacit policy decision to imply ignoring Israel's right to exist by referring to the Levant whenever discussing the Middle East.

I'm surprised that we actually named a Pentagon position with this term. SecDef Hegseth should rename this position to a more neutral description when naming McCormack's successor.

-PJ

20 posted on 06/22/2025 2:22:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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