‘Insane’: Lawmakers Respond to Senators’ Calls for Direct Strike on Iran

Published on February 2, 2024

Lawmakers in Congress are hitting back at some senators’ calls for a direct U.S. strike on Iran, with some calling the suggestion “insane.” On the evening of Jan. 27, a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan ended in three U.S. Army soldiers’ deaths and injury to more than 30 others. The drone strike is alleged by federal officials to have come from a group based in Syria and backed by Iran, the latest in a string of attacks by proxies of the Islamic state. Following the attack, many lawmakers were quick to call for the United States to exact vengeance—not against the proxies, but against the Iranians themselves....

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