it is dumb of him and I agree with you.
there is this in your liink though
By framing the issue in these very specific terms, Obama can position himself as the victor in the ongoing war on terror, while also avoiding mentions of the fact that there have been several major terrorist attacks in the U.S. under his watch. The president's remarks Friday, which are an amended version of when he claimed on Dec. 6, "No foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland," also allow him to avoid mentioning that many of the attacks in the U.S. have been linked to overseas groups.