It's 4 or 8 for next US prez

It won't be trumpeted among the accomplishments when the Obama library opens on Chicago's South Side in a few years...but it should be. And the accomplished is most assuredly dubious. It is, of course, that President Obama will have presided over the US at war longer than any president in US history, all 2.922 days of his presidency when completed on January 20, 2017. Only FDR, who served 4,421 days, had a chance to eclipse Obama, and his war tenure was the paltry 1,305 days of WWII. And unlike Obama's wars, FDR's was declared, worthwhile and successful. Obama's are undeclared, pointless and failed.

That's perpetual war in 21st century America. And it guarantees that the next president will steer America at war over a full four or eight years, depending on whether or not he or she gets re-elected. That's not a campaign promise. It's built into the job description.