“The bottom line is this: The war is ending,” President Barack Obama said Saturday of the conflict in Iraq. No, it is not. To the contrary, it appears Islamic terrorists and others seeking to control Iraq have decided to exploit the official end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. Iraqi officials have learned of plots to launch massive attacks on Iraqi troops and civilians during the next month. It is no coincidence the plan follows closely the recent pullout of American combat troops. Critics of Obama’s deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops warned — hoping against hope we and others were wrong — that the president’s plan would encourage Islamic terrorists. It appears the warnings were correct. U.S. officials and troops have been working feverishly to prepare Iraqi security forces to deal with the inevitable upsurge in violence. Now American, as well as Iraqi, lives depend on their preparedness.