\n<\/p>\n
U.S. Senators have called for direct military action against Iran after at least three U.S. soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack carried out by an Iranian-backed terrorist group.<\/p>\n
Both Republicans and Democrats have urged the Biden administration to hold Iran directly responsible.<\/p>\n
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that \u201cthree U.S. service members were killed and 25 injured from a one-way attack [Unmanned Aircraft System] that impacted at a base in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am calling on the Biden Administration to strike targets of significance inside Iran, not only as reprisal for the killing of our forces, but as deterrence against future aggression,\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, later adding: \u201cHit Iran now. Hit them hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that Biden\u2019s weakness was \u201cagain measured in American lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot afford to keep responding to this violent aggression with hesitation and half-measures,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cThe entire world now watches for signs that the President is finally prepared to exercise American strength to compel Iran to change its behavior. Our enemies are emboldened. And they will remain so until the United States imposes serious, crippling costs \u2013 not only on front-line terrorist proxies, but on their Iranian sponsors who wear American blood as a badge of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end,\u201d Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) noted. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe left our troops as sitting ducks and now three are dead and dozens wounded, sadly as I\u2019ve predicted would happen for months. The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran\u2019s terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Bennet (D-CO) said that the U.S. must \u201cwork with our allies and partners to counter Iran\u2019s malign influence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a troubling pattern of Iran-backed groups feeling emboldened and we must hold all of those responsible accountable for attacks on the U.S. and our allies,\u201d Democrat Senator Bob Casey added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n