Tell Biden: Get Our Troops Out of Harm’s Way

The lives of American soldiers are on the line in fights that aren’t making America safer.

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Dear Officials:

American troops are under attack in the Middle East. The missions they’re deployed on have unclear, open-ended objectives disconnected from core U.S. security interests. Keeping American troops in isolated, vulnerable positions across Iraq, Syria, and Jordan gives our adversaries the advantage of opportunities to easily target them. It’s time to redeploy our servicemembers out of harm’s way to strengthen America’s position and limit Iranian proxies’ ability to target them.

American troops have the right to defend themselves, and they can’t do that effectively if they are in positions that leave them at the mercy of those who wish them harm. Legislators must also exercise their war powers to ensure that these deployments do not continue unless the President can secure authorization from Congress – our leaders have a responsibility to the American people to debate using military force abroad, and carefully weigh when and why to put American lives on the line.

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Since October, American forces in the Middle East have been attacked over 160 times. Recently, 3 U.S. Army Reserve troops were killed by a drone attack at the Tower 22 base, near the Jordanian border with Syria, and 40 more were injured, many with potentially life-altering traumatic brain injuries. These reservists, on deployment to a remote, vulnerable base for a mission that has unclear objectives and an endless span, were put in harm’s way for reasons that are vague, poorly defined, and unauthorized by Congress. Now, as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise and the Biden Administration weighs how to respond, our country faces the prospect of a regional war that we cannot afford to fight given our current overstretch. Our troops’ isolated and vulnerable positions across Syria, Iraq, and Jordan allow our adversaries the advantage of being able to easily target them. These deployments do not advance critical security interests—America should protect its troops and limit its adversaries’ advantages by redeploying from Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. Send this letter to your lawmakers and the President today to tell them to strengthen America’s posture by removing our troops from vulnerable positions that leave them at the mercy of Iranian proxy groups – and for Congress to exercise its war powers authority to prevent these situations in the first place.