«Representatives Tom Malinowski, Sean Casten, and Susan Wild are introducing a bill that would mandate the removal of US troops and missile defense systems from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,» Malinowski’s office said in a press release.
«Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s drastic cut in oil production, despite President Biden’s overtures to both countries in recent months, is a hostile act against the United States and a clear signal that they have chosen to side with Russia in its war against Ukraine,» the lawmakers said in a statement.
The United States has about 3,000 troops in Saudi Arabia and 2,000 in the United Arab Emirates, numbers that have increased in recent years. The US military presence also includes Patriot missile defense systems and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.
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The House Democrats’ bill, dubbed the «Tense Partnership Act,» would require withdrawing all US forces and equipment from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates within 90 days of its passage. Missile defense systems would be relocated elsewhere in the Middle East «with the primary mission of protecting the United States Armed Forces,» according to the text of the bill.
