Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced on Feb. 21 a privileged resolution under the War Powers Act that, if passed, would direct the President to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria within 15 days of passage. Under the rules, the House will have to vote on it within 18 days. According to a press release from his office, Gaetz filed the War Powers Resolution following a Feb. 17th press release from the U.S. Central Command, which announced that four U.S. service members had been wounded during a partnered U.S. and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, ultimately killing a senior ISIS leader.
Gaetz explained: “Congress has never authorized the use of military force in Syria. The United States is currently not in a war with or against Syria, so why are we conducting dangerous military operations there? President Biden must remove all U.S. Armed Forces from Syria. America First means actually putting the people of our country first—not the interests of the Military Industrial Complex.”
