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fixer1234
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You need "am":

I am stuck behind red tape.

This would refer to your being stymied by bureaucracy.

I am stuck behind the red tape.

You might encounter this at a night club, where red-colored tape is being used to cordon off the entrance, and you are being restricted to the other side of the tape.

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