To be sure, any leader must work to extricate his country from a protracted war, so Obama is right to seek an end to this one. But he was not right in laying out his cards in public and emboldening the enemy.
当然，任何领导人都必须努力让自己的国家从旷日持久的战争中脱身，因此奥巴马试图结束这场战争无可厚非。但是他在公众面前摊牌，为敌人壮胆，这是不对的。