High-ranking officials say Al Qaeda has been crippled. And conservatives claim Obama is too soft on terrorists?

Let's say that's true. Wouldn't common sense tell you that's PRECISELY the time to strike harder and deliver the knock-out blow? When Berlin was encircled in 1945, did the Allies say, "Woohoo! We've really got the Nazis on the run now! I guess it's time to go home."?