It was Nero who fiddled (or played the cithara) while Rome burned. Some say he started the fire and put the blame on the Christians, who he had executed. Even though it is not certain what Nero did while Rome burned to the ground, we do know what Zer0 is doing. Zer0.
Regarding Obama, he would be just as ineffective in the White House war room as he is on the golf course
Remember, his trip was scheduled weeks ago and the war in Iraq wasn’t scheduled at all.
I know my Roman history pretty well. Do you know all the things Caligula did? I thought of Nero but Caligula’s relentless pursuit of personal power to the point of naming himself a god; his totally corrupt nature; and his utter contempt of other branches of governemt reminded me a lot of Obama. Caligula appointed his horse to the Roman Senate and made Senators trot alongside his chariot. Hard to choose between Nero and C. but I think C. was probably the bigger S.O.B.