Fri October 27, 2023

By Bren Yocom

Politics State

Cotton: Retaliation Against Expendable Proxies Only Validates Iran

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Cotton: Retaliation Against Expendable Proxies Only Validates Iran
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the U.S. conducted strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran and its proxies. The strikes were in response to attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria:

“Retaliation against expendable proxies—especially unoccupied proxy warehouses—merely validates Iran’s strategy to use proxies to attack Americans. They are laughing at us in Tehran. Iran will continue to target Americans until President Biden gets serious about imposing severe costs on Iran.”

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