WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today following the reports of attacks on U.S. troops that resulted in the death of three service members—leaving others wounded:
“Years of placating Iran have only enriched Tehran and emboldened the regime’s proxies—now three American troops lie dead. For the safety of our troops and to honor those fallen, the Biden administration must make Iran’s regime pay a heavy price.”
Tensions in the Middle East escalating as the Biden administration’s efforts have so far failed to end attacks on Western military and commercial resources in the region. The president’s national security team meeting today as Biden says “we shall respond” to the attacks by the Iran-backed militias that killed three and injured more than 30 U.S. troops in Jordan on Sunday. The president saying the U.S. “will hold all those responsible to account,” despite previously downplaying the Iran threat – saying Tehran “knows not to do anything.” All this as there’s still no breakthrough in talks between the U.S. and China on threats to Red Sea shipping routes, and as sanctions against Iran and the Houthis have yet to deter their aggression.
