The US Senate rejects for the second time a draft bill to withdraw US forces from Syria
For the second time during the year, the US Senate rejected a draft law to withdraw from Syria.
The US Senate rejected a draft law presented by Republican Senator Rand Paul, which stipulates the withdrawal of US forces from Syria.
The Senate voted by a majority of 84 votes against the draft law, while 13 votes supported it.
Senator Paul’s bill, which was introduced on November 15, is based on the War Powers Resolution, which stipulates that the administration of President Joe Biden is required to remove the US military from hostilities without a declaration of war from Congress.
Before voting on the bill, the Republican leader in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, issued a statement in which he said that passing such a resolution would be a gift to Iran and its allies, adding that removing American forces from the Middle East is exactly what they want to see.
Senator McConnell considered that adopting this short-sighted measure would destroy America’s credibility in the region, explaining that the law encourages Iranian proxies to open a northern front in the regional war against Israel, and would invite enemies of the United States to challenge our military presence in various regions around the world”.
This is not the first attempt by US lawmakers to withdraw US forces from Syria, as the US House of Representatives rejected, last March, a draft resolution presented by Senator Matt Gaetz, which stipulates the withdrawal of US forces from Syria within 6 months.
Only 103 representatives then voted in favor of a document that called on President Biden to withdraw the US army from Syria, while 321 representatives voted against it, warning that the decision might allow the disintegrated ISIS to reorganize its ranks, which would expose the United States and its allies to danger.
