Obama sort of announces the end to the war on Islamic extremism, or as he prefers to see it, military-like actions directed towards resolving unfortunate differences in opinion, also once upon a time known as the war on terror until enlightened liberals set about expunging such offensive things from the foreign policy lexicon, including of course references that had the nerve to label Islamic extremism Islamic extremism [in the spirit of which I approached my estranged wife to inform her that apparently our marriage could magically cease being troubled once we stopped referring to it as being troubled - she chose to remain unimpressed]. Anyway, it seems Obama has sort of decided to end this 'war' because as he so astutely argued all wars eventually come to an end, thus making clear that his grasp of military history is about as refined as his grasp of economic theory.
Just one small problem with Dear Leader's thesis - wars just don't simply come to an end - you either win, all sides agree on some sort of a draw, or you lose - so which case is Obama claiming applies here? Certainly there can be informal interregnums, but that's clearly not his meaning - and he certainly isn't declaring a win or the outlines of a draw - so what's he saying? We've lost? That's the implication, far as I can tell.
Although, to be fair, from Obama's uber left perspective, a loss would be the same as a win - so I guess I'll just take that to be his meaning.
