The House on Wednesday voted against a resolution sponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) that called for all US troops to be taken out of Syria within six months.
The House on Wednesday voted against a resolution sponsored by conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz to pull troops from Syria – but he still managed to get support from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the opposite end of the political spectrum.
“There is no role for the United States of America in Syria. We are not a Middle Eastern power. We have tried to build a democracy out of sand, blood, and Arab militias. Time and again, the work we do does not reduce chaos. Oftentimes, it causes chaos – the very chaos that then subsequently leads to terrorism,” GaetzRep. Matt Gaetz called Syria a “hellscape” and argued the US presence there would not stop terrorism.
Gaetz argued on the House floor Wednesday that ISIS in Syria isn’t a serious threat to the US and that there is no definition of what defeating ISIS in Syria means, and so the US should not be risking American lives in the country he called a “hellscape.” Rep. Michael McCaul , chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, defended the US-troop presence in Syria, noting that 466 ISIS militants were killed last year in operations with partners and 250 others were detained.
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