{"id":136255,"date":"2019-09-18T01:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/18\/republicans-not-ready-for-us-military-action-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:17:05","slug":"republicans-not-ready-for-us-military-action-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/18\/republicans-not-ready-for-us-military-action-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans not ready for US military action against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Senate Republicans were advising against immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/16\/us-blames-iran-for-saudi-strike-big-hit-for-oil-prices\/\" target=_blank>military action<\/a> against Iran in response to an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, calling for more analysis and discussion first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s appropriate that all of us get together and exchange ideas, respectfully, and come to a consensus\u2015and that should be bipartisan,\u201d said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho. \u201cI can tell you I\u2019m sure there will be differing views; there always are on matters like this with complex options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came as lawmakers expected a classified briefing in the coming days, and as the Trump administration made available a classified briefing book, in the Senate\u2019s security facility. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-N.Y., has reportedly requested the administration provide the House with an all-members briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration seemed to be trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/17\/iran-says-there-will-be-no-talks-with-us-while-saudi-arabia-aims-to-restore-full-oil-production-within-the-month\/\" target=_blank>balance<\/a> diplomacy with fresh talk of military action on Tuesday. Echoing President Trump\u2019s warning from earlier in the week, Vice President Mike Pence said American forces were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/15\/attack-on-saudi-oil-sites-raises-risks-amid-us-iran-tension\/\" target=_blank>locked and loaded<\/a>\u201d for war if needed. But he also noted that Trump said he doesn\u2019t want war with Iran or anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the president said yesterday, it\u2019s \u2018certainly looking like\u2019 Iran was behind these attacks,\u201d Pence said. \u201cAnd our intelligence community at this very hour is working diligently to review the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was headed to Jiddah in Saudi Arabia to discuss possible responses to what U.S. officials believe was an attack coming from Iranian soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pence met with Senate Republicans at their weekly caucus lunch Tuesday, but he did not say Iran was responsible for the attack, nor did he outline possible responses, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Pence did say that the goal was to \u201crestore deterrence\u201d toward Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/09\/03\/us-led-persian-gulf-patrols-put-iran-on-notice\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BURNING-MAIN.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US-led Persian Gulf patrols put Iran on notice<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Through the gulf\u2019s narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, 20 percent of all crude oil sold passes onto the world market.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham, who is calling for a retaliatory strike against Iran, said Tehran had mistakenly discerned \u201cweakness\u201d in Trump\u2019s cancellation of a strike after Iran shot down a U.S. drone in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIranians saw the president\u2019s restraint as weakness and not as space for diplomacy. So clearly they got the wrong message that inaction on the drone event, I think, has reinforced the narrative that the administration, the Western world [and] the region really isn\u2019t going to do much about provocations,\u201d Graham told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham said the appropriate response would be to knock out an Iranian oil refinery, but he also suggested the administration build a regional coalition to explore its next move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Democratic-controlled House, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said the Constitution bars the president from launching a military action unless America is attacked first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe notion that the White House may be waiting for a foreign government to make a decision instead of adhering to the Constitution is outrageous,\u201d Engel said in a statement. \u201cThe administration needs to brief Congress fully and if the President is considering military options, his first stop must be Capitol Hill, not Riyadh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, vowed Tuesday to force a vote blocking military action against Iran if Trump moves ahead without first obtaining the consent of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/25\/trump-vetoes-congressional-action-to-block-saudi-arms-sales\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1_cover_arabnato.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump vetoes congressional action to block Saudi arms sales<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed three congressional resolutions meant to block his administration from bypassing Congress to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though several Senate Republicans\u2015including Graham and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C.\u2015said they had no doubt Iran was involved in the attack, a number of their colleagues said it was premature to consider military action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think you\u2019re several steps ahead here, the intelligence assessments are still going on,\u201d Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven though I\u2019ve just read the classified report, there\u2019s more intel to be gathered, more people to be consulted, and time is on our side,\u201d said Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. \u201cIt\u2019s appropriate for the president to exercise some restraint while allies in the neighborhood and elsewhere are consulted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if military action would be warranted, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said, \u201cI think the intelligence was pretty convincing that it was Iran, but let\u2019s verify that and then we can talk about [a possible military response].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Jim Lankford, R-Okla., a senior member of the homeland security committee, ripped Iran\u2019s \u201cacts of terrorism\u201d in the region, but said now was not time to go to war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMilitary is always last\u2015always, always,\u201d Lankford said. \u201cOur beef is not with the people of Iran, but the regime of Iran. Why would we take aggressive action against people who mean us no harm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans were advising against immediate military action against Iran in response to an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, calling for more analysis and discussion 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