Republicans were quick to criticize the president’s response to the attacks that killed three U.S. service members.
Republican lawmakers have lined up to criticize the timing and nature of President Joe Biden’s retaliation for the deaths of three U.S. service members in a drone strike blamed on Iran.
The Pentagon said it had carried out airstrikes in response to last Sunday’s drone strike on the Tower 22 base in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian border, which also injured dozens of personnel.
Friday’s strikes in Iraq and Syria hit command and control centers, rockets, missiles and drone storage facilities. They also struck logistics and munition supply chain facilities connected to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated groups, the U.S. military said.
Biden had been under pressure to hit back and, two days later, the president said he had decided what that response would be, without revealing further details.
However, Republican Senator Tom Cotton criticized the Biden administration’s response and compared it to what previous GOP presidents had done when confronted by Tehran’s belligerency.
„When facing threats from Iran, President Reagan sank half their navy.
