To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.
You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.
If a cat sits on a hot stove once, it will never sit on a cold one either.
I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is unrealistic. This approach leaves Syria as a broken country and a breeding ground for extremists for decades.
Firing employees, that's unfortunately part of doing business.
I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.