World Biden’s Syria airstrikes test US role as world’s police, get bipartisan support – and criticism February 26, 2021February 27, 2021 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY Comments Off on Biden’s Syria airstrikes test US role as world’s police, get bipartisan support – and criticism Pentagon airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria in response to a Feb. 15 attack in Iraq received both bipartisan praise — and criticism.