‘Target Tehran’: GOP Hawks in Congress Demand Retaliation After 3 Soldiers Killed in Jordan

While the perpetrators are still being identified, President Joe Biden has already vowed retribution.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (C), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) (L) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) prepare to speak to reporters after the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 4, 2015. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Hawkish elements in Congress are demanding swift and harsh retaliation against an Iran-backed group that killed three U.S. Army soldiers in Jordan.

On the evening of Jan. 27, a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan ended in the deaths and injury to more than 30 others. Though it’s unknown who carried out the drone strike, it’s believed to have come from a group based in Syria and backed by Iran.