MEANWHILE THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO IS TOO PRE-OCCUPIED WITH ITS CHAOS MADE OF ISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO TAKE PART IN THE UKRANIAN INVASION OF RUSSIA AS PLANS TO EXPAND BOMBING FROM NORTHERN IRAQ INTO SYRIA GETS HEATED UP–AS THE POTUS BHO WILL NOT ASK FOR CONGRESSIONAL VOTE TO WAGE WAR ON THESE NEW ISLAM TERRORISTS–IT WILL ONLY FOLLOW THAT NO CONGRESSIONAL VOTE WAS MADE WHEN WE BOMBED LIBYA OPENING UP FOR THE MUSLIM BROTHER HOOD AND ISIS UNDER HILLARY CLINTON TO CLAIM THAT THE VIDEO HAD DONE IT TO CAUSE THE FRENZY OF THE MUSLIMS THAT KILLED 4 AMERICANS IN BENGHAZI

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.) said President Obama must convince lawmakers that airstrikes in Syria are the “only alternative” available for defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria before expanding military operations. Libya

In an interview on CNN Tuesday, Reed said Obama “would have to make the case and make it compellingly that this represents the only alternative we have in the face of a very grave and serious threat.”

President Obama has authorized military strikes against the al Qaeda offshoot in Iraq and is weighing expanding those attacks to the group’s foothold in Syria.

Reed said Obama had made “the right step” in authorizing surveillance flights over Syria to assess the threat posed by ISIS. 

“Because without the facts, with the good analysis, I don’t think you could get that kind of automatic, instantaneous, reflexive support” in Congress, he said.

But Reed, who would lead the Armed Services Committee if Democrats hold on to the Senate next year, joined a growing chorus of lawmakers who say Obama needs congressional approval before military action in Syria. 

Reed said “sketchy” intelligence had been used to justify the war in Iraq.

“We can’t do that again,” he said.

The White House has refused to commit to seeking congressional authorization before airstrikes in Syria.

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