- Why ‘fools rush in’ is Obama’s watchword in Iraq and Syria: "With all due respect to a Washington foreign policy community apparently surprised and annoyed by Obama’s reluctance to jump in with both feet with a major military intervention, his instincts are sound" http://theconversation.com/why-fools-rush-in-is-obamas-watchword-in-iraq-and-syria-31267 47 comments politics